This is an analysis of the poem Out Of The Hitherwhere that begins with:

Out of the hitherwhere into the Yon--
The land that the Lord's love rests upon;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabbccdd Aaccbbdd AaeeffaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001000001 011011101 1110110111 1011110101 1010111001 010110101 1100110101 110011100 1001000001 1100101111 101111101 010111101 100110101 111010101 110101101 1100101101 1001000001 10111101 101011001 101001011 10111111 111110111 110111111 1001000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word out at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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