This is an analysis of the poem My Land that begins with:

My land is where the kind folks are,
And where the friends are true,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccXdXdefeffgfghihijhjhgfgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 110111 11110101 110101 11010111 110101 11110101 010001 11010101 110001 01010101 011101 11111111 110101 11010111 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 010111 11010011 110101 11010101 110011 00010101 111101 11011111 010101 11111111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1010
  • Average number of words per stanza: 195
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; where, land, and are repeated.

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

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

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