This is an analysis of the poem An Arctic Vision that begins with:

Where the short-legged Esquimaux
Waddle in the ice and snow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbcccccddeefXgghhiXffjXccbXfXhhccaakk aaiihhlbXXccXX mXmmffhh ggbbhhddeejjhXXiiblmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,14,8,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110100 1000111 1010101 1010101 11111010 11101010 1000101 10100001 111101 1011101 0010101 10111110 11011010 1011101 1111101 1010001 0011101 10101001 10010101 1010111 001010 1010101 1010101 1010001 1010100 1011101 1011101 11101011 10100100 10111010 0010010 1110101 1110001 10101010 01101010 11111011 10101011 1110101 1010101 1011011 10101001 1011101 1110001 1001101 0110101 1011101 101101 10101010 10101010 1010111 1010111 1010110 1000101 10101010 10100010 10101110 00101010 00010010 10101010 1110111 111111 10011101 11010100 1011101 1010111 1110101 1010101 10111111 10101010 1010101 10010101 111111 1010110 1111101 1111101 1011101 0010101 1110101 0010111 10101010 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 495
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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