This is an analysis of the poem The Lonely Land that begins with:
Cedar and jagged fir
uplift sharp barbs...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbbXbXbab acdaefeacfaghhdbiiXdabj gjjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,23,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 1011 0101 1111 1001 11110 11101 1 10101 1011 111 0111 001 1010 11001 1011 1010 11011 111 11 0010010 1111 00010 0100 0100 0101 0101 110011 1010 11101 101 101001 11001 001 00010 01 1011 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines strength is repeated).
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- summary of The Lonely Land;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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