This is an analysis of the poem The Old Land And The Young Land that begins with:

The Young Land said, ``I have borne it long,
But can suffer it now no more;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababX cdcdd cacaX efefX gcgcXc chchX ibibb jkjkX lilii jcjcXXchchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,6,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011111101 11100111 1110100101 01101111 111011111010101 1011110111 0011111 0101110111 0101111 111111100111110101 111110111 0100101 10100100101 101111001 101101111110110111 1110011101 0110101 010011101 10110101 111010001101011010 1011110111 1100111 111100111 1011011 1111100101 1011111 1110110111 11101101 1111110111 0111101 1111110111011111 11101111101 1111101 10111001001 10100111 111001111111100111 1011011101 10100101 111110101 0101101 11001110111101010 1011100101 11101111 11100111101 11111101 011111010111101001 10101010101 0100101 1011101111 1111101 11111101110111111 1110001111 0111101 111111001 1101101 101011011011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word '' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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