This is an analysis of the poem The Pennsylvania Pilgrim that begins with:
Prelude
I sing the Pilgrim of a softer clime... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xbcbbcbbdbbddb c eee ffX ggg hhh ddd ddd hhh ddd aaa aaa aaa iii hhh aaa ddd bXb jjj fff eeX ddd kkX aaa jjj lll hhh mmm ddd aaa ccc eee ccc bbX XnX nnX aaa eee bbX iii aaa fff fff ooo aaa bbb fff aaa ppp ppp Xbb eee hhh ooo ddd ddd eee aaa Xkk qqq eee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 185
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 563
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, its, with, of, and, to, in, on, his, or, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, of, and, the, what, did, he are repeated.
The author used the same words 'and, his, or, of, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Pennsylvania Pilgrim;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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