This is an analysis of the poem O Southland! that begins with:
O Southland! O Southland!
Have you not heard the call,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcbacXc AdXdaefe agXgfcXc ahhhXaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111101 01010111 0010111 011011 100011 01011111 110111 111111 111101 01010101 111111 110110 100111 01011101 111111 111111 111111 0110110101 0011101 111111 010101 11011101 111101 111111 110111 01011101 111101 010010 110101 11011101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, o, that are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of O Southland!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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