This is an analysis of the poem The Beginning Of The Armadilloes that begins with:
I've never sailed the Amazon,
I've never reached Brazil;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb acdDdC XXXbXdcDddC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 110101 10111010 1111110 1100010 110111 1101010 1111010 11101010 110101 1101011 111100 1100010 1111100 0111010 110001 1111010 1101010 11101010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; down, i, roll, to, rio are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, roll are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rio is repeated).
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- summary of The Beginning Of The Armadilloes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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