This is an analysis of the poem The Flower-Fed Buffaloes that begins with:

The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring
In the days of long ago,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcabXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011000001 0010101 11010101 1011011 01010011 010111 1111111 00011101 101011000001 11101 111111011 0010101 0011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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; wheels is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Flower-Fed Buffaloes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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