This is an analysis of the poem Johnnie's First Moose that begins with:

De cloud is hide de moon, but dere's plain-
tee light above,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abAccbddXXec ccAcccffeegc dAchdXXXXdc icAcgcfXXagX faAcdaffeecc XjAcejXXaXic agAcXghhXXXc jcXcfcaXffcc igXXggXXaaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,11,12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011101 1101 1010101111 1 101011010101 11 10101110 10111010 01001011 11101011 111010101010 101 11110101011 1 1010101111 1 1011110111 1101 1110110 10101010 11011010 10101010 1111101110 10101 10101011110111 1010101111 1 10101011011 101 10111010 100101010 1010101 0011111 101010010011 101 11110111101 01 1010101111 1 11010101111 11 10111010 1100011 11111010 10111010 1010111111 1110 11010111110 1 1010101111 1 01111110110 101 11101010 1111010 11101110 11101010 1101010101011 1 1111111101 11 1010101111 1 111010101110 111 11101110 10111110 11101110 00111110 1110101011 1101 1101011101 11 1010101111 1 111101011111 100111 11101010 11101010 11111110 11111110 101010101010 101 11100110111 1 1010101111 1 111101110110 111 11111110 11111010 11101110 10101010 101110101 10101 11111111 10101 110101010101 10 111111011 10111 111011110 111011110 10101110 011111110 1101010111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, your, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word does is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dere is repeated).

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  • summary of Johnnie's First Moose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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