This is an analysis of the poem American Feuillage that begins with:

AMERICA always!
Always our own feuillage!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefagahhbiabjaXkcjXalakmcnaopXoejqXardXaodeeodmocrrkfaiXrascammaXeaeclXemccdclXmeeqhlhnnerehXmcXfreXeXlXXbacaktaapdmaritXhsehabaeadaXsasaehmremXfrcejXXrimkaaekecggpjhjaaqqeXtskc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 181,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 111110 111001010011010100 0101011010101010110 1110101011101010 1001101111110 11011110101010000 01110101101 01000101101101101 100110 0011010011111101 01010100101010 01010001100101100 101111110100 10010 11011101001101000 0100 110101010110100 100011 11110111101001 1001101 11010110100010100 1010010100010010 010 11111111000111 1 1100101011010010 11000111011100 10100101100101111 101 1111101000101011010 0001011010101000101 1101 0110011011001000 0111001011001 00101101010011010 1010100 01011000101101011 110111101 011101011010100101 101 011011111101010 110101100101 111001101001010 110110101010111 11010 0100101110100100 10100101011000 1 0100101110111010 1001011001110 0101010101001010011 101010101011 010110110100011 10010100111111 1 110100111011010 1010110010011 010100101110111 100011011 010101001101010101 01011011110 10110110011010100 1 0111110010011011 010011001110 110 101001001111011010 101100101010001 11001001111100 101011010 1001001011011000 0100011101011 11010110010101 010010011 01011010110001010 110101110110 00100101010100110 10010111010101 1101010111101110 10011 10010110010011110 1011010101101 1001010101001001010 00110111010100 100100101010110 1001 10110100001010001 0100101110010101 110010010110 10111101010111001 1011111001 01101111001100 101010101110101 10101010101001010 11010100110110 10110101010100 10100101010101010 11100111101111 110 010011101110010010 10100011101011 010011001010101000 10101000101011000 01010011010111010 1 0100011010010101100 10101 010100110011101 0101010100011100 100 1011110101011 1010011010 111101001101101 1100100110110 111000111011001 10100101011010101 10011100101001 01010001001101100 10101010100001 0101101001100101 110001110011011 010110101001011001 1001010 001011010110101 1010110101 010101100110101001 01010100001001000 11001111101110 11010011010 001001001010010010 100 111100101001000 0100100001110101010 1000100001001001010 101100 01000101101000 0101000101001101 10111 111110111111000101 010111000 10111001101000 10011000101010010 01010010010 10011001001000101 01001001001100 10001001100011010 1101101 1010111101010010 1001010100010111 0101 01001001000110100 10011010110100 100 01101011100010001 010100011010011 10100111011010 1011101001110110 1001 01001001111110110 101000101111000 11011111111010 10101100 001000111011010 101010001 1110010001011111011 101001000001 100101110010111011 01000010101111010010 1111101000010111 0100 100010010011001 1010110010101101 1 10100110100101001 10010011111110100 100000101011 0101111111010111110 01000111 11111110011110001 01000100010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 10769
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1558
  • Amount of lines: 181
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; always, and, of, miles, all, on, in, his, lands, with, you, to, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, and, me are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase always connects the lines.

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