This is an analysis of the poem In Flanders that begins with:
Through sleet and fogs to the saline bogs
Where the herring fish meanders,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabAXXca dXXaXXca baXAXX Xa aaaaXX eaXXeaXX badXdaXXXea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,2,6,8,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100011 10101010 110111101 1100010 11 11 010010111 001010010 10101101001 1101110 101001011001 10101010 11 11 11011111 010101010 1101111011 01010010 11001001001 1100010 111 11 10111001000 01101010 1101101001 001010010 110010101 10101010 1011 11 110110101 101001010 110111101 111010110 01001111001 10111110 11 11 00010111 01011010 1100101010 11001010 11111111001 001111010 11 11 11011001011 11001010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of In Flanders;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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