This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Maize that begins with:
America, from a grain
of maize you grew...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacXdacefX gehXa eeihecXjiadeadiaecjfkeca clmkgj bXfblbc hej cemgcfdj kXjXc fcXeah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,24,6,7,3,8,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100001 0111 01 0101 0101 0101110100 001 0111 11001 0101 001001010 1101 1001001 1011 0100100 1001010010 1011 10001 010101 0011 10110 1100101 01100 11010 110101 001 0110 101 1001001 010 11001001 100101 10 10110 11110 110010 111 101110 10101 01110 010111 10000 101010101 101111 01110 110010 10100 01010101 01011101 011 11010 11 1010 101 11 0110 010101 10 10101 0101001 11 101100 10010 100010 1111111 0101001000 1010 110 110010 0111 11010 110010 101010 01101 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, your are repeated.
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- summary of Ode To Maize;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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