This is an analysis of the poem Home that begins with:

I want to go to the heather hills,
To the heather hills and rocky shore....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCbXaXabbcbabCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 001011101 110101101 1010111 110111101 110100101 110110101 1100111 110110101 01011111 110101101 1110101 110100101 0010110101 110101101 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 566
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

  • summary of Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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