This is an analysis of the poem Homeward Bound that begins with:

Home, for my heart still calls me;
Home, through the danger zone;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fbfb bgbg chch cici jkjk hlll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 110101 1110011 10101011 1001110 100101 1001010 1100111 10010110 1111101 1001110 0101101 10001010 1001001 11110010 1001001 1001010 110111 100011010 11011 110110010 10101011 01001010 100101 00101010 1101111 11001010 1101101 1101110 1101001 1010010 010111 1001110 111001 10010111 0100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; home, black are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words home, black are repeated.

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  • summary of Homeward Bound;
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