This is an analysis of the poem Song of the Texas Ranger that begins with:

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The morning star is paling,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbXAcadbXXXcacacefegAhaXdfhfhiaidajaXXajagkfkgAfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0101010 0110101 1111010 1010111 1101010 110101 10101010 110101 0101110 110101 11101110 0011010 1 1110010 1011111 00111010 00100101 111110111 111101 101100101 1011001 1100010 110101 0101010 110101 1 1100010 011111 1101010 0010101 11011100 1101001 00010001 110101 11110010 110101 0101110 100101 1 10010101 101101 1111010 110101 010010101 010101 11111101 111111 10100010 110101 110111011 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 264
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Song of the Texas Ranger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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