This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XIV that begins with:
The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night,
Ya-honk he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc XbdX dX ddda cdcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01101011011 1111110101111010 011010100111001 10101111010101 01110010110110100101 01000101111101 01001011100111 11001110111 0101100101010010 11011110010 11100001011 0111011011001011 0010110011010010111010010 111110010111 10100101010001 11001110101101 01011001111011011 110010110100 100010010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase me connects the lines.
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