This is an analysis of the poem The Hoosier Folk-Child that begins with:

The Hoosier Folk-Child--all unsung--
Unlettered all of mind and tongue;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXXbccXdeeXd ffgggXeXeXXXXhee ddXfiijjeehhddff ggiieeeekkcciiff hXffeedXffddffll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 100010111 100010101 11011101 100101100 011111000 1000111000 11010011 011100111 11110100 11010100 01110100 11010101 11100100 11010100 11010111 01011101 11010101 01011111 11010101 01110101 11010111 11011101 11011111 11000101 01010001 1101111 11001111 11011100 11011111 11110011 01010101 01011111 11111101 01110101 01010100 110011101 111100101 110110001 01010001 11011101 11111101 11110111 11010111 11010001 11110111 01111111 110110101 01011101 11010111 01011101 01010101 01011111 11010101 100110101 11111111 010100101 01000111 110101001 11010111 11011111 11010101 01011101 11010001 01011101 01010100 11110101 11110100 11110111 11011101 11011001 01000101 10110101 01010101 10011101 11010101 11010111 010010101 01010101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, ', why, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, go are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Hoosier Folk-Child;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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