Artemis In Sierra by Francis Bret Harte: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Artemis In Sierra that begins with:

DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Poet. Philosopher. Jones of Mariposa.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X b cdcd e afff b egeg Xbhbb e be b ieb e ibij b bi X Xi e kk b fkf e l b emem kakf m e dmem hlhl b n e eoeo X b j e ecb X dc fgfg b b e n X bfbf b n X e e h XXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,5,1,2,1,3,1,4,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,3,1,1,1,4,4,1,1,4,4,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,3,1,2,4,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 100100101000 10 11111111010 1111111111 1011111100110 11011110001 0100 100101101010 11010010111 110110111111 11010110111 10 111110100010 1011110101 1101101001010 11010010101 10011101000 10111011101 10111101010 01 1011 0100 010111 101110100010 10 11111010101 101101101110 10110101 0100 1110001 11010111110 1101111111 1111 10 0111010 11010110101 1 11110101010 111101010101 0100 110101001010 11011010 10 111 11011101010 11010110111 0100 111 10 1111010 11011110111 110100111010 11110110101 11110111010 101111010100 100111101110 111101010111 1001 0100 111101 10110110101 0011001111010 10011110001 111101101010 10010010101 1001001100010 1011101111101 10 1 1000 111011101010 111100110011 1101010110010 001100011001 10101000 10 1101 0100 1111010 1010001011 1111 101000 1101111 111101110101 11111101011 10110110111 10011101111 11111110001 10 1 0100 001 101000 1100110 11110111101 11011111110 1111010011 10 1 101000 110 0100 10 1101000 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 58
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 58
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; your, and, trot, i are repeated.

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

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

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