This is an analysis of the poem John Cornstalk that begins with:
Jack Cornstalk lives in the Southern Land—
What says Cornstalk John?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcB cBBBD abcb BBBD aaXa BBBD XbXbXBBBD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100101 11111 111100111 100111 10 10011111 100111 10011111 111001 111100101 100111 111100111 0100101 10011111 100111 10011111 111001 101101101 0010101 101001101 110101 10011111 100111 10011111 111001 1110100110 110101 111100111 0010001 10011111 100111 10011111 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; cornstalk, on, lead, land, of, south are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word land is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase land connects the lines.
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- summary of John Cornstalk;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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