This is an analysis of the poem On Chenoweth's Run that begins with:

I Thought of the road through the glen,
With its hawk's nest high in the pine;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa babaa aXacc dcdcc ececcXcacaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 00111001 001101101 11001011 111001 11001101 11011001 01011001 01101001 111011 11001001 001101100 01101001 01101011 111011 111001001 11001001 101001011 101001001 111001 111101001 11101011 111111001 01001011 10111 10111001 11001011 101101001 101001101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the, its, by are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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