This is an analysis of the poem Angutivaun Taina that begins with:
Our gloves are stiff with the frozen blood,
Our furs with the drifted snow,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb CbcB dbaB XbdB abXBXCbcB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111100101 1100101 111000101 0001001 1101101 1010111 1011110111 1001001 111100101 111101 111111101 1101001 111111101 110101 1111111111 1101001 111100101 1100101 111101101 1001001 1101101 1010111 101111111 1001001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and, we, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, and, we are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word floe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase back connects the lines.
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- summary of Angutivaun Taina;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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