This is an analysis of the poem I Am An American Indian that begins with:
Ahwhoo-ooo hey hey ah whoo hey hey...
Ahhhwhoo-ooo hey hey ahhh hey! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AA AA BBaBBa AA AA Aaba AA Xaab AA BBaBBa AaabaXa AA B AA Ba bXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,6,2,2,4,2,4,2,6,7,2,1,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111111 1011111 101111111 1011111 11101001001111001 11101001001111001 01 11101001001111001 11101001001111001 01 101111111 1011111 101111111 1011111 10101111111 1100101 1110101010 1010001 101111111 1011111 1010001010 11000010101 1001100011 1101001 101111111 1011111 11101001001111001 11101001001111001 01 11101001001111001 11101001001111001 01 10101111111 1100101 11 111010110010 10110001 1100110011 1010101 101111111 1011111 11101001001111001 101111111 1011111 11101001001111001 01 1000 0101001001 0010001 111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hey, ooo, i, american, indian, more, than, image, to, fade, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word ahwhoo 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 hey, fade are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word hey at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of I Am An American Indian;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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