This is an analysis of the poem Hunting Song Of The Seeonee Pack that begins with:
As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled
Once, twice, and again!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAbbXA XAcccA dAcccA dd ee ff gg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111001010 11101 1011110111 00100110111 01100110 11101 10111001010 11101 1011110111 0100100101 111111111101 11101 1011100111 11101 100101111 111100101 11100111 11101 01101001001101011 01101001001101001 0111010111101011011 11111001111011001 011010010110110110 111110110010010110 10011010101001001001 101001101101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; and, we, of, his are repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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