This is an analysis of the poem Earth Is... that begins with:
You've been riding on the back of a flying horse.
And I'll explain that the best way that I can....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB AB AB AB ACC AD AB AB ACC AD EFD EFD AB AB ABXEFDABEFD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,3,2,3,3,2,2,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101010100101 11011011111 101010100101 11011011111 101010100101 11011011111 101010100101 11011011111 110110101 010101 1011101 110110101 010011111011 101010100101 11011011111 101010100101 11011011111 110110101 010101 1011101 110110101 010011111011 10 1011 11 10 1011 11 101010100101 11011011111 101010100101 11011011111 101010100101 11011011111 10 1011 11 101010100101 11011011111 10 1011 11
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same words you've, and, earth at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words can, me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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