This is an analysis of the poem Banished From Massachusetts that begins with:

Over the threshold of his pleasant home
Set in green clearings passed the exiled Friend,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcXbbbbb ebbefbbfbggbbb hffXfggfibbijjckkclbblcmmchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001100101 1011010111 0101100101 11010111111 0101110111 0101110101 0101010100 01011101101 11010110100 1011110111 10001011111 1111110101 1101011111 11110011001 1001111101 01001111111 1100010111 1101001111 11011100101 1111110101 01011100111 0101111101 1110010010 0101110101 11011010111 1001011101 1011111011 10101010101 10011001001 10001110101 1101110001 0111111110 1101011111 1111010101 11111111011 1011000101 1111010111 0101011101 1001110111 0101110101 1101110101 0101010101 1001110101 11001010101 011100111101 1101001101 11001101101 10011110101 1111110101 1001110111 01010011101 0111011101 0111110101 1110000101 1101111101 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 848
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, than, their, his are repeated.

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

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