The Unknown Country by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Unknown Country that begins with:

WHERE is the unknown country?'
I whispered sad and slow,-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaX babaa babaXXbabaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000110 110111 1111010 01111111 011111 1000110 011111 1100110 11000101 110001 1001010 010101 1011010 01011111 010111 1100110 011101 0101010 01011111 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, go, grow, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines go is repeated).

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

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

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