This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XXXIX that begins with:
The friendly and flowing savage, who is he?
Is he waiting for civilization, or past it and mastering it?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX XXa bb Xccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011010101 011011001011011000 011100011101100 01001010101001011010 01010111110001 0101111100110101 1010111010100100 0101011111011100110110 1101101010111010 1010110010010 11100010001011111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, them, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, they are repeated.
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- summary of Song Of Myself, XXXIX;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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