This is an analysis of the poem Largo that begins with:

Bought him of the Navajos—shadow of a pony,
Over near the Largo draw, runnin' up and down; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef XXXc ghgh gfgf eiei jeje XeXe akak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101110010 101010110111 1010101111110 1110101110001 11101011110101 1011010101111 11101011001111 1111000010101 10101011101001 001010111101 100101110111100 1010101110111 1110101011010 11101000101 10101011101010 111010110111 1110101101011 111010110011 1010111101111 110010110111 1010101111111 1010100110001 10100101011101 1011111010101 1011101111010 1010100010101 10111001111110 11100101110101 1110101101010 1011111110101 10011110101010 11000111010101 1110101101110 111111110101 11101101100110 1010101110101 1100101111110 111010111111 10111011111110 01101011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to, of, his, you are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Largo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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