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

EARTH which has known so many passages
Of April air, so many marriages ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXaccaaXXdXaaXXaXddXXbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110100 0101110100 0111010101 1011011101 0011010100 1111010100 1111010101 1111010011 10111101001 1101111100 0110100101 10011011101 1101010101 0101010100 1101011111 1101110100 0101010100 1011011100 1101110111 10111101001 0011110101 11001000101 0011110100 1011011100 1101110101 1111010111 1101011101 0101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 211
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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 is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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