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

I am back from up the country -- very sorry that I went --
Seeking for the Southern poets' land whereon to pitch my tent; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbaacC Xddeeffgg eXeeeehh Xhhbbccii aaXXdd ccggiiii aAbbXXcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,8,9,6,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101010111 10101011100111 111010101010101 101010101011111 101100101011101 111010101010101 101111011010101 101110101011101 10111110 1010111 011010101010101 101010101010101 1010101011101001 101010101010101 101011101010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 10110010101010101 0010101011111010 101010101010101 101010101011101 111010101010101 101010100010101 101110101010101 101010101010111 100111010 1011111 111010101010111 111110101010101 101001001010101 101111101011101 101110101010101 101010111010101 001110110011101 101010100010111 1001010101010101 101100101011101 001110101011001 1010010101010111 001110001110001 111110101011111 111010100010001 101011101010101 101100101010101 101000101010101 100010101011101 101001111010101 101100101010101 111010101010111 10101011100111 111010101010101 101010101011111 10101011010100 1011101010101000 101011011110101 101110101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 496
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, where, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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