This is an analysis of the poem Pennsylvania that begins with:
I have been in Pennsylvania,
In the Monongahela and Hocking Valleys....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab aXXbc bddbXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11001010 000101011010 0011010 1010010 110100101011 1111010 011011 1010 01010101 11111001110 11101101010 0101101010110011 1110100101100 10011101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Pennsylvania;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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