The Delight Song Of Tsoai-Talee by Navarre Scott Momaday: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Delight Song Of Tsoai-Talee that begins with:

I am a feather on the bright sky
I am the blue horse that runs in the plain ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdcdXbbXedeXaXd FdXXF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101011 1101111001 110111100010 1101111001 110101010011 1111010001 11010011 110101 1101001 11010001 11010101001 11011001001 11010110 11011001001 1101010111 111100100101 110100011 11011011 1111011101 1100010001 1100010001 1100010010110100 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that, of are repeated.

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

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