This is an analysis of the poem Old Spookses' Pass that begins with:

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WE'D camped that night on Yaller Bull Flat,--... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXcdcXaefegbhbXXbebeijiXbkkXelblabXalgmnmalhlhfbjbXjfjenebXXolhlnnnnXbakaelclkjkjknedeaknkanlnlaXaXXpaaXbnlnXblellbcbXaeqeeaXXXbacaXnjnXblXlrdkXXcjbjnaaXXenpnndbdXabcbXjdjXjbfbXabXXnblbldedXXebeglcXXlbdblbkXXbkaXkaaaXjahXqlelXanenXblbXXlelibcbXXlrlenr
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 485,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111011 1110101111 111100100 1011011011 11100101101 001011001001 011011011 11111001001 1 11000101 11001001011 11011011010 111110101 1111000101 110101001 111111101 100100111 1 111010111 1111101001 1110010111 101101101 00110101111 110101101 01001001001 101010111 1 1101110101 00110111 1110100101 010110101010 1010011101 1010001001101 100110101 00101001001 1 1010110111 1101111010 101110101 1011101001 110100111 1101110101 1101111101 0111100111 1 110101101 1100111101 1101011101 10111111 111101111 1100100101 110101101 1100100101 1 010110101 10011111 1101010111 110101001 110111101 10101110111 1101101001 01101011100 1 1010110111 1010100111 1010110111 011100101 1110110101 010110111 111011111 00111100101 1 101011011 1010100101 0100100111 011101001 1010011111 111100101 00101011101 101010111 1 101100101 101111001 1101100111 0010100101 11111011 101101101 1101101101 0010100101 0111010010 110010101 1110100101 011110111 1 1111101101 1111100111 1110011111 110010111 1010110101 100111010010 1011110111 101011011110 1 1110110101 0101110111 11100101001 11011111010 011111101 110101111 110100111 11111100111 1 110101111 011111111 110011101 1110010111 1011101111 110101101 1110110111 1111111101 1 1111110111 101100111 1110101101 101011011001 111101010111 1011111011 10101101010 11011111110 1 111011101 111100111 101011101 0010111111 1101111001 110011111 110100101 1101101101 1 1111011011 0101101101 1101010111 11001111001 1011011111 0101111101 111011011 1011111011100 1 111100111 110010101 110100101 010110100001 111110101 111110111 111111111 1011011 1 111111111 1011101101 011010101 101100101 111100111 010100101 111110101 1110010101 1 10100110111 1011101011 1011110101 100100111 111111100 111001101 1110110101 111110101 1 111111101 111110111 01101111 110010101 111110101 111100111 11100100111 11011001010 1 11011111 010101000101 1001011101 1100100111 110011101 111101101 0111111101 0010100111 1 1010101111 111111001 11010101 10110110101 111011111 011011111 11110101 11101010010 1 1101101101 101011101 11101110101 1001111111 110101110 110101111 1111101111 101010011000 1 1110101101 110010101 101011111 001110111010 1111110101 0100100101 111010111 1110101101 1 001110101 101010101 1011111011 111011011 0111011011 1101001011 010111011 10110100101 1 100101011 101011011 1001100101 101001101 011100100 010011101 1101111111 1101010111 1 101101110 011110101 011101101 010010101 10101100111 01110101 1011011111 010100111 1 101011111 111010111 110111101 10101011001 101100101 110010111 010010101 0110111101 1 1111101001 100100111 1010111001 01010101010 011111101 110100111 1111111111 110010101 1 1100101101 100101101 1010011101 0100100111 111100101 010010101 0110100101 110010101 1 011100101 1010101101 0100100111 1100101110 01001011001 1011110101 011101111 100010101 1 011101101 111111001 111011011 001001101001 1011011111 10100100101 1101101101 010011101 1 10100101101 1110110101 011100111 11010111 1011011111 1001100101 111100101 011110011001 1 110010101 110110101 1100101101 01110100111 1011011101 110110101 11011111 1010110101 1 101110011 11110011 100110111 100100101 0101100101 1100111011 010011101 101111101 001011111 01001111001 1111101111 0101100101 1 110011101 1000101111 1010100101 0010110100 110111101 100101001 0010100101 110011101 1 0111110101 101011111 110011101 1010101101 110101111 11010111 111101101 1100110111 1 110101111 111100101 1110011101 0100100111 011010111 111010111 1010100101 010110101 1 110100101 1010110101 11110111 010100111 101011101 100110101 01110111 010110101 1 110111101 0011111001 010110101 00110100111 111101111 11101101 111101001 0011010101 1 11111111 11111001 1101101101 111100100 1001111011 1011010101 11101111111 1010110111 1 110111111 1100010111 010110110 010111101 1010100111 011101111 1111101101 1101100110 1 10011001101 110101111 111111111 1101001000 111101111 110100101 110101101 001110101 1 101100101 010100101 11111101 1111010101 010011111 0101101111 110010111 0010100111 1 110011110 111010111 10010111110 101101011100 10101111101 1010100101 0101011110 1110101111 1 110101011 1110100101 110011101 0110101101 011101111 1101001111 1111110111 1110001000101 1 1101001101 1010101011 1110100011 110100101 101011101 11010110 110101001 101001101100 1 110100111 101101101 010100111 010110101 101011010001 111010111 11111101 010111101 1 100101110 1110100101 11111011111 0111100101 10110110100 0101100101 101101001 0011101011 1 1011010111 010110101 10110101 0001110111 010111001 111101101 00110100111 110011111 1 011111001 010110101 10111001101 100110101 1011110101011 101110101 011101111 1111111 1 011110101 110100101 110101001 0110100111 010011111 1010011111 101001011 1010100101 1 011100111 1100111011 1010110101 00101101111 11100110111 10110100111 010101101 001010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 20205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 3532
  • Amount of lines: 485
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; in, an', his, he, ye, him, yer, es, thet, felt, nor, of, i, slower are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', or, yer, felt, nor, the, an, i, es are repeated.

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