This is an analysis of the poem The Birth of John Henry that begins with:
The night John Henry is born an ax
of lightning splits the sky, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXbX ccXX cbcb Xbbb bXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100111 010101 1010010101 10101101 1101100111 100100100 1101110111 0111110 1101111111 0101011 110011101 01001110 11011101 10111001 11011000111 11011101 1101101110 11100101 11101111011 111101 1111101011 110100 101101101110 1000111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, some are repeated.
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- summary of The Birth of John Henry;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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