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

I'm the monarch of valley, and hill, and plain,
And the king of this golden land.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacA XdXdeaeA fefecacA ghghiXiA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110101111 10100101 0100101101 10101101 1101101111 11101101 1101100111 01110111 00110100110 1010101 11100101100 11101101 1011110111 1011101 11110110101 01110111 1101111101 1011101 101001101111 11100101 1100101101 01101101 11100110101 10110111 11100111110 00100111 10101111111 101011111 1111101111 00110101 11110101111 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word down at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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