This is an analysis of the poem American Names that begins with:
I have fallen in love with American names,
The sharp names that never get fat,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababb acacc dcdcc eaeaa fXfbb gbgbb XXdXde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001001001 01111011 0100100101 01011001001 111111111 10111101 1010100111 1110101101 110100101 1100101111 100101001 10111101 010110101 10101001001 10010101 1010100101 101110101 10110100101 1011100111 11100100101 111011011 10101101 00010111 111110101 100100101 10110101 110110111 101101101 10110101111 0110110101 1111100100 1111101100 11101100101 1110111100 1110111111 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, i, bury, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, you are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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