This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Canadian Cradler that begins with:

With my cradle scythe, feeling brisk and blithe,
In the breeze-tempered heat of this fine day;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdad ebXb cfef abXb agcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110110111 0011010011 1100100101 1101100111 1011101101 111010111 10011110101 110111111 1110110111 011100101 1010111011 1010010101 1011110111 011011110 1100101101 0101100101 11111010001 010010101 1110101111 1110101001 1100111111 101011011 0011100111 001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Song Of The Canadian Cradler;
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  • history of its creation;
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