This is an analysis of the poem Landscapes that begins with:

The ridges either side of the valley
were covered in dark pine forest....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXeXfebXafgXh cXbhbbb hbXb dfceibegif XeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,4,10,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010010 01001110 011101 10100101 1001101010 011011111 1100001100 100100010101 1101011101000010 0101101010 111101101 11101010101100 10001010001011 101111001010 011001101 0110101110 11010111101 01010011 1110111001001 011001011 0010010111 1001100001001 1101101 101001011 10101101001001 00111010010110 111010100 1011101110 011010101 10110111 111001001010 00101111 00101111 100010001 1110010010 11010010111 111011110100 010110111 0110101000 0110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, i are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Landscapes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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