This is an analysis of the poem The Flitting that begins with:
I've left my own old home of homes,
Green fields and every pleasant place;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca XdXdeded fgfgecXc cebehghg acacihih bcbcagdg cXcaicic dcdcjfjf bibieiei kgkgXaia jejeihih iaialala ieXemimi dbdbdndn ihihdcac iaiabebX bobocece aiaiaaaa ipipcece agaggege didXpbpb npnpqhqh crcraiai bdbdijij aiaiffff dndnnanaXdcdcadad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 111100101 01010101 11110101 11010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11010101 100110111 11011101 11010001 01111101 11110101 01010101 11001101 11101101 11010101 11110111 01111101 11110111 11111101 01010110 11110101 11100101 01000101 11011111 11110101 11010101 01110101 11011111 11110101 01001101 011101001 11111101 111010101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 11011101 01111101 01100101 11010101 11010111 01011111 01100101 11011110 01001101 11110101 01110101 11110101 01110101 11010000 11010101 11110101 11111101 11010111 11010111 11111101 11110101 11101101 11011100 11110101 11111101 01010101 11110101 11111001 010110101 11011101 11010100 11000101 11111100 11110101 11001000 010111001 11010101 110101001 110001001 10010101 01010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 01011001 010101001 11111101 1100001 11011100 110111001 11010111 11011101 11011101 11000101 110010101 11011111 11111101 11010101 110111110 11111101 110101010 11110101 11010101 01000101 11111101 11010111 11010101 11110101 111100001 111100101 111111001 111100101 11111101 11011111 110101010 11010101 110111010 11111101 110100101 11010101 11011101 11010001 01010101 110011101 11010011 010101111 11001101 11010100 1010101 11010101 11011101 110101011 11011110 10010101 11011001 01111001 11011101 11110101 11100101 110101010 11011101 110101010 11111101 11110011 110101001 01000101 11100101 01011101 11111101 100101101 11111101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11011111 11010111 11010111 01010101 11011111 10111101 11011001 11001010 11110101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11010001 011110101 010100101 1101101 11011101 01011101 11110101 01110001 11011101 010100101 11110101 110101001 10110101 01011101 011010101 1101011 11110101 011100101 11010101 11010101 11110111 1100111001 01010001 0101010001 11010111 00110111 10010101 01111111 11110101 01110101 11110111 010010101 01010101 01010101 11111001 11010100 11011111 11011101 110010101 11110001 11110101 11010001 11110101 11010101 11011101 11011101 110101001 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 216
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, every, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, where, and, a, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Flitting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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