This is an analysis of the poem Country that begins with:
I saw lots of dust,
From the bus through South Dakota....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC DBEF XghXd XXXi JdXg JiXf ABC DBEF jhha jhiiXci
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,4,4,4,3,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 00111010 11010011101 111101101 01010 011111 110101 1011101 100111101 11111 1101 01110101 11010010 1100101 11110101 00101 110110 11100101 110110 1101101 110110 100111 110110 110101 11101 00111010 11010011101 111101101 01010 011111 110101 1011010 00101001 10001101 0111 111010 1011101 010001 1111111 110101 1101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Country;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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