This is an analysis of the poem Starting From Paumanok that begins with:
STARTING from fish-shape Paumanok, where I was born,
Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadaeefcggehXidXedh jgc khd Xa Xbca dljda jX mdaaan adc XneXol cppjaq Xbahg qfioi ddgX ro ccdoobloadXp lsdhdfl lad eXghg goojdcdlllX dXljni mdsnbndXsnd doq ntnlhX neecf rpr kked naXaa aXcn trlqX oXs aoohhl baf Xfoa agnnsnn nXhid Xufbhh raX th
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,3,3,2,4,5,2,6,3,6,6,5,5,4,2,12,7,3,5,11,6,11,3,6,5,3,4,5,4,5,3,6,3,4,7,5,6,3,3,5,3,5,3,3,16,10,3,2,5,5,4,1,2,2,55,1,5,4,6,8,6,3,8,20,2,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 67
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 418
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; or, my, in, of, chants, and, parents, take, them, you, it, here, i, poems, all, one, as, to, has, son, me, o, have, bird, nor, for, reference, body, real, lands, land, yet, state, ones, with, new, see are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, with, chants, i, here, and, or, none, nor, what, o, for, beautiful, land, yet, coming, a, see are repeated.
The author used the same words see, i, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all, enough, religion, me, lands, aborigines, the are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word death at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases chants, here connect the lines.
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