This is an analysis of the poem Up North that begins with:
Oh, Bill and Joe to the north have gone,
A green shirt on their back;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCb Cded eece fgXg XahaXfdhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111100111 011111 11110111 011001 11110111 110101 11010101 111101 111101101 111101 11011101 100101 01011101 110111 10111101 011111 11110101 101101 11010101 111001 11110101 1100101 11110001 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Up North;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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