This is an analysis of the poem The Great Grey Plain that begins with:
Out West, where the stars are brightest,
Where the scorching north wind blows, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABaBcded dbfbbddd daXagdad gagaedgd chdhddfD aaXaidiD ABaBeded dbdbdjXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 1010111 101001110 10110101 10101010 1110111 11111010 110111 110010010 11001001 111010010 011111 11101110 1110101 101101010 1110111 11001110 10110111 11001010 1010111 10111010 110111 10010010 110111 001101110 10100101 00101010 1010111 101010010 110101 0111110 0110111 11110010 001101 11110110 110111 01101110 10100101 10101110 1110111 101101010 1011101 10100010 110001 10101110 111101 0101110 1110111 11101110 1010111 101001110 10110101 11001010 111101 11011010 110111 10101110 1011100 1011010101 110101 101000101 1100111 101001110 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; no, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, where, no, out are repeated.
The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word plain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Great Grey Plain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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