This is an analysis of the poem My Native American Brothers And Sisters that begins with:

Hoe nah håy.
Hoe nah håy......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABBA AABBA BB BB AABBA CDED CeXX DFGDHE AABBA AABBA CDED BB BB DFGDHE AABBA AXA agXg hXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,2,2,5,4,4,6,5,5,4,2,2,6,5,3,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111 111 11111 111 111 111 111 11111 111 111111111 1111111 111111111 1111111 111 111 111 11111 111 011 1110101 10100101 1111 011 11110101 1010011 1101 0101110011 1001111 0101010 111 111001 110100 111 111 111 11111 111 111 111 111 11111 111 011 1110101 10100101 1111 111111111 1111111 111111111 1111111 0101110011 1001111 0101010 111 111001 110100 111 111 111 11111 111 111 111 111 100010101 110010010110 01011 1101011 1 1011001010 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; nah, hoe, h, y, my, you, oh, nay, mah are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hoe is repeated.

    The author used the same words hoe, hee, if 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 y, nah are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words y, nah at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of My Native American Brothers And Sisters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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