This is an analysis of the poem Casa Mia that begins with:

Thou wert born where huge Missouri,
Rushing heretofore alone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababCAddaeae CAeeXfXfcAXdbgbgcadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1010101 10101010 0110101 1110111 0000100 0100101 1111101 11101010 0010101 10111010 1111101 1110111 0000100 1010111 0110101 11111010 1010101 10111100 1011111 1111111 0000100 1010110 1110111 11101110 1010101 11111010 1010101 1011101 1110100 0110111 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 504
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Casa Mia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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