This is an analysis of the poem Pocahontas that begins with:

Wearied arm and broken sword
Wage in vain the desperate fight:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXdc ebebfaaf bababggX dhdhXddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 10101001 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010010 1010101 10100101 11101010 1010111 11101010 1010101 1010101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1010101 10101001 0010101 110111001 1110101 1011001 1110001 11101001 1000111 1011101 1000111 1010101 0010100 111110010 1010011 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and is repeated.

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

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