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

Let the proud White Man boast his flocks,
And fields of foodful grain; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dbdbXeXe fgfghghg gigiababab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 110101 11010101 010101 11111101 111111 01011101 110101 01010111 11000101 010110011 011011 1100100100 110111 110100101 1010101 010101001 111101 010110101 1111101 110010101 110101 01110111 1110011 111100101 1101111 01010101 110001 00011101 1010111 10110001 011101 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Song Of The Wild Bushman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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