This is an analysis of the poem The Calling Motherland that begins with:

On the lone height of some untrodden hill
The shadowy mother goes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCabaDeCdeDFgCfgFHbChbHCdCcdCEiCeiEDdCddDHjChjHhfChfhakCaka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011001 0100101 1010 1101010111 1101 1011011001 0111110111 0100101 1010 0101110101 11001 0111110111 1011110101 011101 1010 1101011101 0111 1011110101 1011000101 0100101 1010 1011110101 0101 1011000101 1101111101 111001 1010 00111111001 1101 1101111101 0011010101 110101 1010 1011010101 1101 0011010101 1111110111 111101 1010 1111110101 1101 1111110111 1101110001 110101 1010 1111011101 11001 1101110001 1101011101 010001 1010 1111000101 0101 1111011101 0101011101 1100101 1010 1101011111 0111 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2028
  • Average number of words per stanza: 362
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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; to, calling are repeated.

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

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

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