This is an analysis of the poem Dixie's Land that begins with:
1 I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
2 Old times dar am not forgotten;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaXb cddd XXbeeb cddd Xebffb cddd XXbXXb cddd eebXXbXcddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001110 111111010 1101101101101 1010111110 110111010 1101101101101 1111110100101 1010111110111010 101010111010 101010111010 1110101010 110101100 1101101101101 1111101010 11111101010 1101101101101 1111110100101 1010111110111010 101010111010 101010111010 10111101010 111011010 1101101101101 1110100101 1111011101 1101101101101 1111110100101 1010111110111010 101010111010 101010111010 1111001110 1110111011 1101101101101 1101101110 111111011 1101101101101 1111110100101 1010111110111010 101010111010 101010111010 1111111010 1111101010 1101101101101 111011111 101010101 1101101101101 1111110100101 1010111110111010 101010111010 101010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; land, in, away, look, i, dixie, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dixie is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dixie's Land;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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