This is an analysis of the poem California that begins with:
Was it the sigh and shiver of the leaves?
Was it the murmer of the meadow brook, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaacdefd XeecgcaXX aa ffhahhhii dXhhjXdXkddjllddak ihhilXghhlgidimeemaaa ccffafaafaa aXhakakXXd addadeemaamXgiillg fffffffaffXj ffhffhheegii eiiee nndXacaajkkj ahbahhaiXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,2,9,18,21,11,10,18,12,12,5,12,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001110001 1001000111 1011011101 11001111001 1001010011 0011100111 1101010111 0101100111 01010010101 1101110101 0111011101 1001101101 0100011100 1101110011 0100110100 0101100101 0110011111 0101010100 1111111111 100111 1001111101 0101010111 0111111111 11001010101 1011010011 1111011101 110111 1101101101 110100 1111011111 0111010110 010011 01111 1011010111 1111010100 110101 00110010110 11001101011 111100 1111000111 1101101 111111 011111 1001110101 0101110011 1111110101 101101 1111010001 11010100101 110111 100111 0101010111 010100 110111001 101111 0101011100 0011010101 1110011001 1001011111 01001111001 1001111111 111111 10010101110 110111 0100111111 1101111101 110101 0101010011 110100 1101011111 1001110001 110111 11111011010 011101 1101010011 0100111 1101011 0101100111 0011010101 1110001 011111 1111011100 1001010111 11101 0101010101 100101 1011111000 101110 1100010011 101100 1101110111 100101 1111110101 1101110101 110101 0111010101 0111010111 1101010 1011011101 1111110011 1111010101 1100011 1101010101 110111 1101110101 110101 0100010101 101111 10110011101 1011011101 010101 1111111101 0111111101 111101 1111101101 110111 1100110111 110101 0111011111 110101 1001110101 1101011001 1001101 111101 0101110011 101101 1111010111 1011101 0101010111 111111000101 0111010100 111101 1101111101 101101 1011010101 1100100111 101001 111101 010001 110011 010110 110010 1101010011 0111001 1101110101 1001110111 010011 110101 1001101101 1101010111 11010010001 0101010101 1101010101 1001101101 1101010001 1011010101 0111010100 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 428
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 159
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, my, wild, i, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, daughters, the, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of California;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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