This is an analysis of the poem The Vanished Country that begins with:

Back in the Vanished Country
There's a cabin in the lane,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbbXcXcDDEF AeXeXgbgDDEF AdadXeaedDEF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 1010001 0101011 1010001 0101010 1010101 1100010 1010101 1011101 1010101 00111110 1010101 1001010 1111101 10101010 1011101 10111010 0010101 10101110 1010001 1011101 1010101 00111110 1010101 1001010 1011100 0101010 1010101 0101010 1110101 0100010 0010001 1011111 1010101 00111110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word back at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word yesterday at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Vanished Country;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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