This is an analysis of the poem Provincia Deserta that begins with:

At Rochecoart,
Where the hills part...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXcdbXeXdfbcXbbgchadXcXi aXiXejihXXkaXg GaciXXXgXacbgbdbXggXGXkXXicijXiXfhfccbi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,14,39,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 1011 011 111010101 110111 1001011010 1111 10011 110 001010 11001101010 1011 00100 11110110 101 1001 10011010 10011 100010 0010011101 1101011 100011 11 1111110 11110 10110 1011110 111 00100 111011110 1001011 110011010 11111001 110110 101101011 1110100 1010 11110011101 110110111 1110110110 1110010010 111 11011 1101011 11010 1111001 11110 11110100 10010010 111010000 10011 1101011 10010 111011111100 11111010 111011111 1111110 1011010100 11111011011 101010 111010100 111 1010 11100101 110110100 111001110010 11101101 11010 101001 01011 110010 11010 0111010 11010 1001101100111 11110 1101 101001 1111011 1110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 770
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, 'here, have, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words over, glad, have, here, 'here, i 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gone is repeated).

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

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