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

People that build their houses inland,
People that buy a plot of ground...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba XXbb aaXa XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111011 10110101 110111011 100111001 0101001010 1010100100 111111111 11100111 100111010 100110101 1111111110 10101111 100101110 10010101 1001111100 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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