This is an analysis of the poem Our Mother Pocahontas that begins with:

(Note: — Pocahontas is buried at Gravesend, England.)
"Pocahontas' body, lovely as a poplar, sweet as a red haw in November or a... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Сlosest rhyme:
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; in, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words powhatan, in, her, on, because are repeated.

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

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