This is an analysis of the poem The Last Of His Tribe that begins with:

He crouches, and buries his face on his knees,
And hides in the dark of his hair; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cbcbb cdcdd ebebb afaff agaggXacacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011001101 11001001 111011001101 11001001 001101001 01001101001 11011011 11100101101 101001001 001001101 10001101011 101001001 101111001001 11101001 01011001 101101001001 11100101 101111101111 01101011 101001011 001101011011 11011001 111011001001 111101001 101001001 111101001001 01001111 1010111010101 01101011 101011011 011001011001 101001001 001011011011 11101001 101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines there, spear, again, more, song, him, face are repeated).

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