This is an analysis of the poem Canadians that begins with:
With arrows on their quarters and with numbers on their hoofs,
With the trampling sound of twenty that re-echoes in the roofs, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff bbgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011101010111 001010101110001 101110111101 1110100010011 101010110001 1011101010101 101010110101 1010100110101 101110110111 1111100010001 101010110101 1010101111101 111011110111 1010101010101 111110010111 1010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with, and, at, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
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