This is an analysis of the poem Poem From Another Land that begins with:

By deeper water, upon greener rock, I had pitched my tent
And washed away with care the colour of my scream...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdEaefXghijidaaXajE ccekfc gbbif fhhce Xk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,6,5,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110100110111111 110101010011 11111001111 1111011101010 10100111 01001111010111 1101110110101 00100101101010010101 111101001001 11010010101001 110101 1111101101011 101100110011 101001101001001 10111110010 1010100100101 01101010110 010101011110 01001010111 101 10100111 0111101110101 111111010010001 110101110101001101 0101011010100 01101010111 00101010101 110011 10101110 10110 11011 010110 11 11010110011 0101111 11011011 10111001 01000101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, in, one, them are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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