This is an analysis of the poem By Momba Tracks that begins with:

THE hearts of the everlasting-flowers
Shall steal the gold o' the sun...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcbaaaaXadcecXcXcacbcdfefXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101010 1101101 101011111 1010111 101011101 1010101 011110101 1011101 1100110101 1100111 1010111010 00100101 011100101 1101101 1010100111 1011101 110011101 101001001 111100101 11001001 111110101 111111 1011100101 00111001 110110101 010111 010011101 011101 1111100101 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1099
  • Average number of words per stanza: 207
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, white are repeated.

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

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  • summary of By Momba Tracks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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