This is an analysis of the poem Homeward that begins with:
Behind a trench in Flanders the sun was dropping low,
With tramp, and creak and jingle I heard the gun-teams go;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eefF ffaA aacX ddaA ccfFX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010011101 0111110110111 1101011010111 0111100101010101 1111010010101 1011010110111 11011101100011 10110111010101 11110101110 11110111010 11111111010101 1111010110001 1101110110111 0101110010101 10111101010101 1011011110111 110100111100111 1111110011111 1111110110101 1011010011101 11110010110101 1101110110111 10101010110101 1011011110111 11100111110 11101101010 1111111010101 1111010110001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, home, them, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word home is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Homeward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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