This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The High Country that begins with:

Soria, in blue mountains,
on the fields of violet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000110 1010100 1101101 101010 1010001 110101 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Songs Of The High Country;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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