This is an analysis of the poem The Cremation Of Sam Mcgee that begins with:
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBDEXE ccfX ffee ggdX aacX ffee aaecX bbhh ggaa eXiX jjee ggee kkbb kkiX ABCBDEXE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111100111 1011111 010111101 1111111 01011111 101011001 1111010110 1100101 1101101011010111 11101001011011101 11111101011011101 1110100101111001010 10101101011100101 1011101010110101 01111101011011101 01011101010101101 11101111110110101 10101101100010111 110111001110100111 10110101110111100 1111111101111100101 100111011110111001 11101011010010111 111101111111011100 0111001011111111 11101101011111101 11101111110010101 1011101111110101 110010110111101010 0011111101101001010 01100110101 10111111 111011010101011100 101010010110110111 001011110101111111 0011110110010101001 1111001011111101 110011101101011001 1111101011011101 01111111111111110 111010010110100001 11100101101010111 011001111001011010010 111101110111111101 11000110010110111110 11110010111101010 111111100111101010 0111101011011101 1110001001011110101 1110111101011101 10101101011010101 011011011111111111 1010101101110101 1111110011100101 10111111011011101 111011110110110101 111110111001011101 11111011100100101 111011110111110111 0101111011100111 11111010100111010 1111100111 1011111 010111101 1111111 01011111 101011001 1111010110 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (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; in, and, that, it's, of, he, to, i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in, some, i are repeated.
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