This is an analysis of the poem The Bronco that begins with:

The bronco's mighty wild and tough,
And full of outdoor feelin's:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb cXcX dXdX eXeX fefe fXXe XXXe gXge aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 1101110 01110111 1100010 11011101 1111010 01010100 111110 11011111 1101010 11011101 1101010 11011111 1101110 11110111 1111110 11010101 1101010 01011111 1101000 11011101 1101010 11111111 1111110 01110101 1101110 11110111 1101110 11010101 110101 11010101 1111010 01110101 1101110 11011101 011110 11011101 1101110 11110101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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