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

Some folks leave home for money
And some leave home for fame, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cecedbdb fgfgadad fhfheded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 111111 1111110 110101 1111010 110111 1101110 011001 0110011 110101 1101011 110101 1101110 110101 0101010 110111 0111110 111101 0111110 110101 1101110 110101 1101110 110111 1110110 010101 0111110 111101 0101010 110111 1101010 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, town, it, or, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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