This is an analysis of the poem A Southern Singer that begins with:

Written In Madison Caweln's 'Lyrics and Idyls.'
Herein are blown from out the South... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X AABB cXXX ddcc XXee ffff ggaa hhgg iieXXAABB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001010110 01110101 11110111 11011001 01100101 110010101 11000100 01110111 01010100 11010101 01111101 01010101 01110111 1000101100 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11010111 01011101 11011001 11010101 10000111 11101101 11110101 01011111 11110111 01010111 11011101 11100101 11110101 11111111 11010100 01110101 11110111 11011001 01100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Southern Singer;
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  • history of its creation;
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