This is an analysis of the poem The Green Of Michigan that begins with:

I'VE seen the Rockies in the west,
I've seen the canyons wild and grim, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeefdfd ghgheded eaeacdcdXebebadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11111111 110011100 11010101 11110101 01011101 01010101 11001111 01110101 11001111 01010100 11000101 11011101 11111101 01011111 11110101 11011101 01011101 11010100 110101010 11010101 010101010 11011101 11011101 111100101 11010101 01010100 11111101 01010111 11010111 11010101 01010101 00111111 11011111 010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i've, seen, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, the, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word michigan at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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