This is an analysis of the poem Unknown Country that begins with:
Here, in this other world, they come and go
With easy dream-like movements to and fro.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd ddeeccffccaa gghheXddiijj iibbkkeegXggjjXeiiiillgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,12,24,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001011111 0101110011 1111011111 11001110111 1101011111 1011010101 1111011101 1101000101 1011011101 0100010001 1111011101 1001010101 1011110101 1001011101 1001110101 10110100111 1100111111 1101011111 1001010101 1101110111 1101110101 1101000101 1001100101 1111110011 1101010001 1001010010 1111010111 1101110101 1101110011 0101110011 1101011111 1001001011 1001011011 1111011101 1101001101 110011011 1101010111 1111011001 1111111101 1101111101 1111011101 1111011110 11001110101 1101010101 1011010111 1101001101 1000010110 1111110101 1001000101 1101011011 1011010111 0101010101 1100011101 11010011011 1111001111 1100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to, or, of, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Unknown Country;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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