This is an analysis of the poem I Saw In Louisiana A Live Oak Growing that begins with:
I SAW in Louisiana a live-oak growing,
All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXbcdcefafXXXeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101001110 10110101110010 011001001110010101 1 101111010111011 1110101101011001 10101010111111 1 111101001010010101 10100101 110011111001011 001100011101111 110110110101100 1001010100100111010 11 11111011101001010 101000111 10010110101010101 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1067
- Average number of words per stanza: 180
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (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; i, its, it, and, of are repeated.
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