This is an analysis of the poem Report To Crazy Horse that begins with:

All the Sioux were defeated. Our clan
got poor, but a few got richer. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadea XdfXaghhhadic fgaibbg cbc hcccghhjfhbjeiaX hcccXg XgbXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,13,7,3,16,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001011 11101110 1111101 1111010110 1101111 01010111 110110010 1010011 01011001 0111110 011111111 111100111 11110111 01001001011 11110110 11100111 111111100 11011011 001101101 111001 1011011 1010110011 1101101101 10101111 1010100110 1001100100 101101001 101110111 11011110 101001 011111011 110110101101 011111101 11110101011 101010111101 10101010111 1010111101 11011010 11101110010 010101100 11001001101 10000101101 1101111001 10111100010 100110011 00110001 111110111 11110001 10011101 1111111 0100110011 01101001 0100001110 11011100 10011011010 11101110100 111101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Report To Crazy Horse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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