This is an analysis of the poem The Indian's Welcome To The Pilgrim Fathers that begins with:

ABOVE them spread a stranger sky
Around, the sterile plain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefbXbf fgfghchc bbbbdfdfXeeeefafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 010101 01111101 010101 11000101 1100101 11110101 011101 11011111 0101001 11011101 010101 01110101 1101100 11011101 110101 11000101 011101 010011101 111101 11111101 011111 11000111 010001 11010111 011111 11111101 110101 10110111 010101 11111101 101101 11010011 0101011 01001101 101101 11011101 010111 11101101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; no, of, thy are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Indian's Welcome To The Pilgrim Fathers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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