This is an analysis of the poem The Landsman that begins with:
“It well may be just as you say,
Will Carver, that your tales are true;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab c dcd Xb Xb efe f adad egeg h bhb ad ad iai a jXjc eeee X kak fd fd Xed Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01101111 01011111 11111101 01001101 01110101 01011111 01111101 00110011 11011011 01010111 01111000 01010101 11101111 11011111 11010111 01010101 11111101 11111111 11111011 11010001 11010011 11111101 11101111 10111101 11110001 01010111 11011111 11010111 110100111 01000101 01011111 01001111 11111101 11011110 11110111 110011001 11110111 1101100 11011001 11011101 11101101 11111111 11010101 11010101 011111000 01010111 10011111 10010011 01111111 11111101 01010101 01110101 11011110 010111010 11111011 100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lest, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Landsman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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