This is an analysis of the poem Lonesome Place that begins with:
I got to leave this town.
It’s a lonesome place....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAbAXa CdCdbd efefef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 00101 101011 00101 01111 10101 110010 10111 110010 111 111110 10101 11010 101110 1010 10110 01110 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- 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; weary is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word weary is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase weary connects the lines.
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- summary of Lonesome Place;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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