This is an analysis of the poem Look-Out Mountain that begins with:

WHO inhabiteth the Mountain
That it shines in lurid light,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXbcb abXbXbdbXcbcbabdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000010 1010101 10101010 110101 1101010 10101 11110010 1010001 10100010 11001 10100010 1011101 0111010 0010111 10100010 1111101 1101010 1010101 10100010 1010101 11101010 1010101 10100010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Look-Out Mountain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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