This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Silent Land. (From The German Of Salis) that begins with:
Into the Silent Land!
Ah! who shall lead us thither?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXaaXA AbbaabAXaaaaaaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 000101 1111110 10010111010 1101110101 11100101 10110 000101 000101 0111010 01010101010 0101010111 10110111 1111010 000101 1111 1101010 01010111010 1010010111 01100101 0001001010 000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; land is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words into, of are repeated.
The author used the same word into at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines land is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word land at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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