This is an analysis of the poem Kid M'Cann that begins with:

Where the farthest foothills flatten to a circle-sweeping plain,
And the cattle lands surrender to the onward march of grain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbcc cceeff Xcddgg hhXXcc iigghh jjbbbb bbkkaa ggllaX ccmmnn bbbbgg nnnnbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011100010101 101010100010101 101010100010001 101111100011101 101011100010111 101000100010001 11101111111101101 1110100101010111 101001001110110101 10101101011100101 000100111010001 11011001011100101 11101011100101 11111001011011101 10101001011111101 10101101011100111 10101111011101111 10101110110101101 1111001010111101 111001001011100111 11110111010100111 1110101111111111 1101101001111001 11101111001011110 11011101111111 110111100110101 11110101101001 101010100101111 11111011110110101 010101001010101 010100111101111 0101101000101101 11001101000100101 11111001011101010 110111100010011 1110100100111100101 11111111001001001 11010101110100111 111110110111001 11011011011111101 10100101111001 1111010111001001 11111110110100101 11010101111101 1011100101111001001 110101111101111 0110111111110101 111111111011101 010111010110100101 1110101110110011 1101101011011101 11101001011010101 1110111101110101 10111010111111 110111100011011 11011010111100100 10111101011101111 11010101011101 1101011010101011 1101001011101101 11101001010111111 111010110110101101 10111101101101001 11111010111100101 11011011110101101 11110110111110101 11100101111101 11010101010101 11111101011001 11010101110101 11010101111101 11110101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, she, and, her, our, shared, it, he, in, my, i, of, had are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, for, and are repeated.

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