This is an analysis of the poem An Indian At The Burial-Place Of His Fathers. that begins with:
It is the spot I came to seek,--
My fathers' ancient burial-place... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ghghgg eeeeff dedeii cjcjhh ejejhh fdfdgg klklii ififff gegeee XeeeeeXhghgdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00011101 110101001 10110111 011101 00011101 01110101 11010111 01010101 11010101 011111 011010101 11111101 01110101 11010111 11011111 010111 11011101 10011101 01110101 01000111 1100101001 110101 11010101 1011001001 10000101 01110101 11000101 110101 11011101 101110101 11010101 01010101 1001101111 11001001 11010101 01110001 01010101 11010111 100101001 1101110 10111101 10010101 11010111 11110101 11000101 010001 11001101 001101001 11010111 11110101 10111101 011001 10111111 01111101 11111101 00111101 11110111 010101 11110111 110000101 11010101 01011111 11110111 111101 110100101 10110101 011101110 10011101 01000101 011101 110111001 11010001 11011111 001110001 01010101 0100101 01111101 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, their, and are repeated.
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