This is an analysis of the poem Hunting Song that begins with:

Tek a cool night, good an' cleah,
Skiff o' snow upon de groun';...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXbXccXc dXdXcecefgfg XXXaXgXgafaf hXhXXiaiXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110 1110101 1111101 1010111 1011101 1010011 1110101 11110001 1101011001 0001101011 1011001100 1011111011 1111111 1011101 10101011 1011111 1010111 1010101 1010101 10111101 1001011001 1111111101 11110111101 1111001101 1001101 11101111 1110111 1110101 1111101 1110111 1111101 1110101 1101011101 1101111001 1101011101 1011100101 1111111 11010101 1111101 1110101 10111101 11111111 1111111 1111111 1101011111 1111101101 1101011111 1101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de, tek, an', dat are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tek, dat are repeated.

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  • summary of Hunting Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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