This is an analysis of the poem The Saginaw Song that begins with:

In Saginaw, in Saginaw,
The wind blows up your feet, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbcb deXbfb Aghgfg iXfjbj XXcghg efcfdf AbXbcb cieihii X eckcjc Xcbkbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,1,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 011111 101011101 10111001 10111111 010001 11111001 111111 01011101 110101 01001101 110111 01010101 110111 111010101 111101 11110111 111101 01010101 010100 01011111 1010111 01010111 111111 01000100 110101 01011101 110101 11011101 010101 11011111 111001 01010111 101101 01010101 001101 01010101 10100111 100001 0110101 110101111 110111 11010001 011101 1011011101 1100101 111111101 110111 0110111 10 11010101 111001 11010111 111001 110111001 111111 11010001 010101 10111101 111101 11011100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines moore is repeated).

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  • summary of The Saginaw Song;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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