This is an analysis of the poem The Canadian Rossignol (In June) that begins with:

PRONE where maples widely spread
I watch the far blue overhead,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceebb ffggaahhddccffggbbaadd eeeeiijjddaabbXXi XXiddffeeiiffaabbffjjbbeedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,22,17,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 11011101 110100101 01010111 01010101 01010101 1001101 1011101 01010111 11110001 11010101 111111101 101101001 10010101 11000101 10010101 11010111 01011101 1100101001 11010101 11100101 1010101 10010111 1010101 10010001 11010101 110111001 11011111 1100101 1110111 1010111 1010101 1110111 10011111 10111001 11010001 1001011 110101001 1111111001 010101001 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 1100101101 11111111 11010101 11110101 10111101 11111101 11111101 01010100 11110101 11 11110101 11101111 11010101 11001101 11010101 11011101 11110111 11001111 01010101 11011100 11111111 11111101 11110101 11110000 01110101 11110101 11001100 11111101 11010101 110100001 010100100 11011111 10010101 10011101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 551
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she are repeated.

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