This is an analysis of the poem Mountaineer-Song that begins with:

BLOW, mountain-breeze! all wild, like thee,
Unfetter'd as thy wing, I rove;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccD XeXeccDadadffD egegaaD hghg hhD hdhdaaDijijaaD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,14,7,4,3,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 01011111 01011101 010101001 11110001 01011101 1101 11111111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11111111 1101 11010101 11110101 10110001 010010101 11111111 11010111 1101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01110101 110010101 11110011 1101 10010111 11011101 11111101 11000101 11110001 1101110001 1101 01100101 1001001001 110101001 110101001 11111101 11010101 1101 10010101 01111101 01010101 01010111 10110101 10011111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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