This is an analysis of the poem The Beautiful Squaw Out West that begins with:

O, Waca-Ohone was a beautiful squaw,
In the wonderful woods out west ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbbX a X acbbXba X acXbXbbb a X abbXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,1,7,1,8,1,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101001 00100111 111111111 101001001010 11011011001 11001001011 011010101101 1111101011 1101010101 01001001 11101001010 1111001111 101001001101 0111101000 11001001001 11001001001 1101010111 011001 1111100110 111011011111 11101011001 1110011101111 11101001001 1111011001 1010111011 001001001 1101001001 01001001 11010101 00100101001 11011001000 011101001011 001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; she, and, in are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word squaw at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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