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

A Mile of lane, hedged high with iron-weeds
And dying daisies, white with sun, that leads... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbc ddcece ffgege Xaaheh iijcjcXaabcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 1101010111 1000011101 1101110101 01011111001 100101 1101110101 1001010001 0111110101 0101011111 0111011101 110011 0101010111 1101000111 0101011111 0100011011 0101011111 111111 110101100001 1101000110 1110001101 1101100111 0101000101 111101 01110010111 01011011111 1101011111 11001110101 0111001101 111101 0101000111 1101010001 1101010101 0101111101 0101101101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, are, on are repeated.

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  • summary of Feud;
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  • history of its creation;
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