This is an analysis of the poem The Windigo that begins with:

Go easy wit' de paddle, an' steady wit' de
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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddbeXefdafaX Xghiagci hjaakjga XlaMjlXX XaXnXaln XnajXda ngbdfXcd akXXXkdX acXaicnj doXXdpl kXcmXbXX lagXladX aafjqabj cbadkbfX XehXXeXX XXadlMXd agafXglX plXa dlla XnadXXbd XdacjdjX gXhilbdi pXlXdfjf XjlaXjdX XjbdajXX XXib XXXb hXbXhjXn pniganXg kjlbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,7,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101011010 1 11000111101 01 110101011111 1 11101010101 1100 01110110101 11 1011010010101 11001011110 101 11110101000 10100 01001111101 01 0111011110 111 110101011010 1 0101111001 0101 111101010010 110 0110111010 101 11110101101 01 11000111110 101 111110101010 1 01111010100 1101 11010110101 11 0101010110 10 1101010111 101 01111101111 101 11111110110 111101 101111101010 111 111010110110 11 111110110101 11100010111 10110 100111101011 111 111101111 100 11010101101 01 11100100011 10 1111110101 1101 1011110101010 1 11011101100 10 01111011111 101 11011101111 110 111111001110 1 110111011 0101 11110101011 10101 11110100111 10 0111010010101 11011101110 111101 11010101111 101 101010101010 101 1110110101011 1 1101010111 11001 1100111010111 01 1111110110 10 110111011101 01 11011010111 01 1011101010111 01 1110111101 0100 0111111011101 11 111010011110 101 11011101011110 1 101010110101 1101 111110100110 101 111111011010 1 1011011110101 0101 110101101010 100 01010101011 101 11010101101 10 1101110101 101 101111111 011110 11101111110 10 10011101010 101 111010111011 1101 00111010101 1101 11110101110 11111 111111011010 1 0100110111 0111 111110101101 11 10011110011 1 1010111010001 01 11101101011 0101 1111101101 01101 111111101010 111 1011101010 10101 1101010100111 1101 11010101011 10101 011010100011 101 110001011101 01 1111010111 10101 1110101111 10111 1111110011 101100 110111001010 1 111001101101 01 10111101111 11101 11110100111 01 100101011110 111 11110101111 11 100110101011 0101 111010101111 1101 111101000101 01 101110101011 101 1011111111 1011 1010111101 1110111 11000101101 01 1111010101110 101 101101111101 1100 101101010100 10101 101011010 10101 10111010101 1110 111010111 111111 10101111011 111101 1011101011 10101 10101111010 101 1010111101 0101 111011111 10101 011011001 11001 101001011111 101 110101011101 1 1010101011101 01 01111010110 101 1011101011001 101101111 10111 11010101101 01 111101110 101 1110111010 11 101100101010 100 10110101111 100 11111010010 1101 1011101011 10111 1101110010 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 244
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, us, an', he, wit', i, 's, we, hees, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, an' are repeated.

    The author used the same word an' 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 long connects the lines.

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