This is an analysis of the poem The Rancho In The Rain that begins with:
The rabbit's ears are flattened and he's squattin' scared and still,
Ag'inst the dripping cedar; and the quail below the hill...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdedefgfghbhbigigjhjhckckkjkjhbhb llXcffcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011101110111 10010101010101 11010101010111 01010101110101 01110101010101 11010101010101 101011101110111 101011101010101 101011101011101 101010101010111 101011111010101 011010101010101 101000101010111 101000101010101 0111001010100101 101010101010011 101010100011111 111110101010001 001010101010101 111010101010101 11001010101001 0010001110100101 101001100010101 101010101010111 101011101010101 101111101011101 101110101110111 101110100010101 101010101010101 111010101010111 101010101010101 101110101010111 101111011010101 101011101010011 111010101010111 111010101011101 101111101111101 111011101110111 1010101010111001 111010111110101 1110111010101010 111010101110111 111010101110111 101010101010101 101010101011101 101011101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2977
- Average number of words per stanza: 549
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, keeps, to, you, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, but are repeated.
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