This is an analysis of the poem The Woodsmen Of San Juan that begins with:
Until sunset!
From the dawn!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBBCDXDXB eDXBFgB BBhB defbebb dB XeeXeeh dB eDXBFgB ABBBCDXDBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,4,7,2,7,2,7,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 001 1010011 1110101 101 1010 101 1010 101 101 10011011 1010001110 1110101000 01010100010 1100010101 011101110 010111011 1010011 1110101 1110 101 11101010 01100110010 10111101 1011111 0110100 110101101 100010101 1011010 1110101 01110010110 110101110 1100111 01001001 010100010100 1100110100 0110011 1011010 1110101 1010110101 1010001110 1110101000 01010100010 1100010101 011001110 010111011 0111 001 1010011 1110101 101 1010 101 1010 1110101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sawing, sss are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, sss are repeated.
The author used the same word those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sawing connects the lines.
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- summary of The Woodsmen Of San Juan;
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