This is an analysis of the poem A Question that begins with:
If there be a land
Where our longings stand,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaXcddee ccffgghhiiee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 11101 110111 011111 010111 110111 11110 10101110 1010111 010111 11010100 1111010101 00101 11101 111101 111101 001001 101111 11010 00111010 1010111 010111 10110100 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Question;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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