This is an analysis of the poem A Longing To Return To The Land Of Israel that begins with:

My heart is in the east, and I in the uttermost west.
How can I find savor in food? How shall it be sweet to me? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11000111001001 111110011100101 111101111111 10101010010110101 01110101 01100101 10110011 00101001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i, my, and, how, to are repeated.

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

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