This is an analysis of the poem The Kingdom Of The Downs that begins with:

Beyond the woodland's shading,
Beyond the sun-kissed field,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbcbc XdXdefef dbdbXXXX egXgacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 010111 1101100 010001 1101100 010101 0101010 010101 0111100 1001001 01001010 101011 1101010 111111 0101010 110101 1111010 111101 1101010 011101 1111010 110111 10011101 111101 1011110 111111 1101100 1100101 1001110 110111 0101010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Kingdom Of The Downs;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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