This is an analysis of the poem The All Right Un that begins with:

He came from "further out",
That land of fear and drought ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcccbccdeeed ccfaaaf ggcXhhc XdiXjji gggcjjjc XcXkkkX lllcaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,7,7,7,8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 110111 11110 110101 110101 010111 11110 1011101 110101 11010 101101 110101 010101 11110 1011111 011111 11110 111101 110101 111101 11010 1001111 111101 01010 11110 110111 110111 00111 1011101 111111 11110 110101 110111 000101 11010 1011111 111111 111101 01011 111111 110101 11101 10111 111100 111110 01110 111111 110101 010111 010100 111101 110101 110101 11011 111101 011101 011101 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, his are repeated.

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

  • summary of The All Right Un;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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