This is an analysis of the poem The Squaw Man that begins with:
The cow-moose comes to water, and the beaver's overbold,
The net is in the eddy of the stream;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabacccc babadcdc efefegeX hdhdijij kdkdbdbd lblbjmjm ljljnene dgdXebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110101010100 0100010001 0110101010111 10010101001 01010101001001 0101011101 01110101110111 1101010001 111111010101001 11010101001 10010101010101 1111010011 01110100011101 11010110001 01010101010001 0101010011 11011100110111 1101010111 01100111010101 0101010101 01010101111111 1101111111 101010100110101 11000100011 01111111111010 1101011101 01011101110101 0101111101 11101101011101 0101011101 11010101110111 1101110101 110001011101010 1100011101 110101010101010 1101110101 11011101010101 1101010001 11110101110101 0111010101 11010111011101 1101110111 11001111110111 1101111001 11110101010111 0101110011 01010111110101 1101011111 011101011110111 110111001001 11111100010100 1111111111 10111101110111 1111111111 11011001100111 1101010101 11010101110111 1101010001 11011111011101 10100110111 111101011001001 1111110101 11110101110111 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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, with, yet, ever, my, i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, yet, there, o, a, and, i are repeated.
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- summary of The Squaw Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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