This is an analysis of the poem The Landmarks that begins with:

I.
THROUGH the streets of Marblehead... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abb cc aX dd ee ff bb aa gg hh ii jj gg bb cX di gg kX jj ll dd mm gg bX Xnn gg kk nn dd cc bb ii nn oo nn ii gg Xb aX Xm Xg hX aX nn kk hh mm kX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010101 1011101 10100101 0010101 1110101 1110100 1010110 1110100 1110111 1011101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1000101 1010111 1001101 1010101 1010101 1001001 0010101 101001001 1011001 11100101 10011101 1110101 1110111 10101101 1010101 1000111 11100100 101101010 1110101 1000101 0010001 1110101 1011111 10100111 1010101 1011101 1010101 10101010 10100010 1010101 1010101 1110101 0110111 10010101 10111010 1 0010101 1010101 0110011 1110100 0110100 1000101 1110101 1010110 10101010 100111010 1100101 1110101 1000101 1011101 1001111 1110111 1111101 1110111 1011111 1010111 1010101 1110101 1011111 1010111 1110101 1000111 100101100 1010101 10011001 1001100 1011011 1010101 1100100 10101001 1010100 0011000 0110101 1111101 1011111 10101011 1110101 10100101 1110101 0011001 1000101 0010011 1010000 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'save is repeated.

    The author used the same words from, when, ringing at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Landmarks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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