This is an analysis of the poem Wild Horse Of The Prairies that begins with:

For other scenes their lights expand,
Out in the savage western land,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbbacXcdeeedfffagggaccchfffhbXbfgggfiiiajjja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 10010101 11000111 110101 11010110 11000111 11100101 0100111 01010101 010101000 11010101 110101 01011101 11011111 01010111 010101 101010101 01011101 01100101 110101 11011111 11011101 11000111 1100101 11010111 11011101 10111001 0110001 11010110 01110111 100111101 1001111 11110101 01000110 0101111 110101 00010101 11010111 110001001 010101 11010101 11010111 1100110101 010101 111100101 01011101 11010001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 279
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; no, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words around, no, the, on are repeated.

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  • summary of Wild Horse Of The Prairies;
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