This is an analysis of the poem The Huron Chief’s Daughter that begins with:

The dusky warriors stood in groups around the funeral pyre,
The scowl upon their knotted brows betrayed their vengeful ire....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc ccdd eeff ccgg ddhh iijj ccdd iijj eeba kkcc ffll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010010101010010 01011101011101 01010101011111 01010001010011 11111111010101 01010111010101 01011101010111 11010100101111 110111010011101 111100101010111 111101010110101 11110101110101 01011101110101 01010100110111 11110111010111 11011001010001 11011100110111 11010101010001 10110110110101 010001010101011 11000101011100 111011100110011 110111010111001 11110111101101 11010111011101 010111011101001 111111001010011 10011101111101 11110111110101 010100101111100 11110111010111 11011101011101 01110101111101 11010101011101 1101010111110010 1101010100110010 10110101011011 111111101010101 11101111010101 11010101110101 11010101011101 110111010101001 11011111011101 11110101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Huron Chief’s Daughter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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