This is an analysis of the poem An Election Night Pantoum that begins with:
Gaze at the good-natured crowd,
List to the noise and the rattle!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBAB BCBC CDCD DADA AEAE EFEF FGFGXGAGa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101 10011010 1011001 11010010 10011010 1001001 11010010 1111001 1001001 11110010 1111001 11010010 11110010 1101001 11010010 1111001 1101001 11010010 1111001 11110110 11010010 1111011 11110110 0001101 1111011 11010010 0001101 11010010 11010010 1011001 11010010 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word look is repeated.
The author used the same word look at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase loud connects the lines.
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