This is an analysis of the poem Beyond that begins with:

MY heart it lies beyond, dear,
In the land of the setting day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXbcbcdXcddedXefgfgXhfhfaXiaiciXci
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 00100101 101011111 00101101 11101010 1 1010101 11011010 1111111 00101010 1010101 1 111110010 00100101 11001010 0010111 111110010 1 011101 1101110 110101 11011010 11011001 1 101111110 1101101 10111010 00100101 11101011 1 1110101 1011111 110111 1110010010 111111 1 110010010 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1094
  • Average number of words per stanza: 211
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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