This is an analysis of the poem A Long, Long Way that begins with:

It's a long, long way to the country, where
I wade and splash in the creek;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd X dedecccc X fgfghihi X jkjkdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011100101 1111001 1011100101 0111111 00111001001 1011101 1010101111 0011101 1 001110111 11100101 101111111 010101 0011100111 1011101 1010111101 00100101 1 00111111001 11101101 1011110001 0111101 00111001001 1011111 1010101101 0011101 1 0011111101 1011111 1110111101 110111 0011111101 111101 101010101 00100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; long, to, short are repeated.

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