This is an analysis of the poem The Man From Eldorado that begins with:

He's the man from Eldorado, and he's just arrived in town,
In moccasins and oily buckskin shirt....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efeagggg bhbhafaf X ijijklkl dhdhmbmX nlnlgngn X aXacopop apapfkfe nbnbpbpb ababfgfg X nbnbjdjX hahablbl aeaeapaX gaganhnh hXgbgbgcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,1,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010101110101 0100110111 11110100110111 1101110111 11010101110101 1111011101 11010111010101 11101011001 11010101111101 1101010001 101110101111111 1111010101 1111100101011101 11011101001 01010101010101 10101010101 111010101110001 11101010101 111010101111101 11101010111 11110101110101 0111011101 11010100011101 10101110101 1 101010101110111 11100010111 11010111110101 11101010111 0101110011101 01010100111 11010100110101 10111101101 111010101011101 1111010011 11110101111111 1111010111 111001101110101 1101011101 11010111110101 11110101110 11011100110001 1101111101 110100101110101 1111010011 11100100110101 1110010101 11111101010011 0101010101 1 101010101110100 0101010101 01010111010101 11100011101 111110101110101 1100011001 11100101010001 11101010001 101000111010101 0101010101 0100010010001 01001000001 101010101010111 11101110001 01010101110101 11101010101 1010101101010001 0101010101 11011101110101 10101010011 11111101010111 1101110101 1101010111001 1110010101 101010101110101 0111010101 001010101010111 1101010101 11010101010101 1101011111 01000101010101 1101010001 1 101010101110101 1101010101 01110001010111 0101010011 01110101100101 1111010101 11010101110001 010111010100 01010010001110001 1111010101 010011000011101 1101010101 11101100110111 1111011101 11010100011111 1100111111 110101011110101 1111110011 11111101111011 11101011111 110100011010101 11010100111 11111101010001 11111101010 110101011101001 0101011111 11010111110111 01010100101 01010101110101 1111111101 11110101110101 0101010101 1 101010101111111 1101010111 01011001011001 11111110111 01011100111101 0111110101 11110101011101 11110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he's, his, he, of, has, i, i'll, they, as, she's, in, her, i've, my, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he's, and, he, his, i, i'll, they, she's, the, there's, i've are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Man From Eldorado;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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