This is an analysis of the poem Brandon that begins with:

Born on the breast of the prairie, she smiles to her sire--the sun,
Robed in the wealth of her wheat-lands, gift of her mothering soil, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001011001001 100100111001001 100110111001001 100110101011001 1001010100111 100101010101101 100110111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Brandon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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