This is an analysis of the poem The Outer Land that begins with:

I
From the close valleys of thy love,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbdXe fgfahX eieijj djdkk heXehh cjcjjj XclcXX X jhjXee mfmXjj hlXlXX ejeXnn XjXjag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00110011 110011101 10110111 11110111 111101100 000100101 11110101 10011010 11100101 01000101 01111101 01011100 11010101 11010111 11000101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11110101 11011111 10110100 01110011 01000101 1101100 11101101 110010100 11110101 11010111 11011101 11011011 01010011 10111101 01110101 11011111 11000111 100101000 11110101 100111010 10110101 11010100 11010000 1 010010111 11010110 11011101 1011010 110111010 01100010 101101110 10111101 110001110 10110101 10111101 11111111 10010101 01111101 110010001 11110001 1100010 11010101 11010101 01010111 11110101 10010111 01111001 01101101 110111000 11010101 010011100 11110111 11010101 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of The Outer Land;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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