This is an analysis of the poem Driving toward the Lac Qui Parle River that begins with:
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I am driving; it is dusk; Minnesota. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcXb XXdaadc XXdXcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11100011010 01011001101 011110111 1111001110111 00111110 0110010101 1 011001 101011001 101010001 010110010 110101 1010101010 1 10001100011 110100011 011010111101 0101111101 111010011100 01101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; on is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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