This is an analysis of the poem Behavior that begins with:
BEHAVIOR--fresh, native, copious, each one for himself or herself,
Nature and the Soul expressed--America and freedom expressed--In it... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabXXXabXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011010011101101 101010101001100100 0101 0011001000111 000110110011110101 10101010101011 01010010011010010 10111001 0010010111010 110100011011101010 1011101001010 0100100101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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- summary of Behavior;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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