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

Am I waking, am I sleeping?
As the first faint dawn comes creeping... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababacXcXdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11101110 10111110 1011101 010110100 10100101 0101011001 111101101 11111111 10110101 11011101 0011001 11110101 1010101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 475
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; i, as, in are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Borderland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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