This is an analysis of the poem A Strange Wild Song that begins with:
He thought he saw an Elephant
That practised on a fife:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCbdX XeCedX ffCfdX feCedX XgCgdX hdCdXX eiCidX hjCjdX aiCidX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100 1100101 11011101 010001 11110011 1100011 11110101 010101 11011101 010101 101101011 1110011 11110101 110101 11011101 010011 11111011 1101011 11110101 010001 11011101 010100 101101011 1101111 11110101 110101 11011101 01001 11010111 1101011 11110111 110101 11011101 010101 11111101 0100011 11111101 110101 11011101 0101011 110101011 1111011 11110101 110001 11011101 010101 11010011 1111011 11110100 111101 11011101 010101 11111101 1001111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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