This is an analysis of the poem Beyond that begins with:
It seemeth such a little way to me
Across to that strange country – the Beyond; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc cbcbdd bebeff agagcc hXhacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101010101 0101110001 1111101100 010111111 1101010111 11001110101 1101111101 1111110101 1111111101 1101010111 110111111 11110110111 1101010101 1001111101 011110001 1101111101 1101111101 1101111111 1101010111 0101111111 1111110101 1111010101 0101111101 1101010111 1111101101 1101110100 0011000101 1111010101 0101110101 1100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, one, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Beyond;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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