This is an analysis of the poem From Paumanok Starting that begins with:

FROM Paumanock starting, I fly like a bird,
Around and around to soar, to sing the idea of all;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdbacXcadXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01001011101 011010101001001 00110011011101 0100110110001101001 00101001010011111 01000 100101101001100101101 101011 0101101000101011001 1 0101101101101001010 101 0110010011010 0010010010111010001 11010110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 773
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, sing, and are repeated.

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

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