This is an analysis of the poem Indian Woman's Death-Song that begins with:

Non, je ne puis vivre avec un coeur brisé® Il faut que je retrouve la joie, et que je m'unisse aux esprits libres de l'air.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X a X XbcXdaaebcceXfX ddgg hhgg eeaa hhff bbdd eedd iigg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,15,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111111101110111110111111101101001 10010 1001 111100111010010010 010 1011000101 1011010101 1001010101 0011110101 1111010101 10010010101 1011001101 1101110101 01010101001 1011010111 1001001101 0011000101 1100111101 0101010111 1001110101 11000101110111 100101011111101 01011111110111 101110101100101 11110111010101 11110001110101 111111001110001 11010101110111 01110101010101 11010101101111 01011101010101 11010111100111 01110101111001 01011101110101 01110101110101 10111101100101 1110101011111 110011110100001 11011101111101 01000101010001 11111111110101 10110001111111 11011101010101 11011111010101 1110010010111101 1110111110010101 110111011100001 11011101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; je, her, and, his, my, hath, that, of, where, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Indian Woman's Death-Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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