This is an analysis of the poem New Territory that begins with:
Sent off to boarding school
at twelve, with a pair of oxfords,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcbXdXXXeXafeXbdfXcabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 11001010 01010110 10100100 1110111 110110010 011011 101111 100011010 101100101001 1011100110 0111101 101101010 01001000110 100101101 01110101 110111100 1110010110 1001110 101111101 010101101 110111010 010110011 0111001 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 837
- Average number of words per stanza: 150
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of New Territory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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