This is an analysis of the poem From Cove To Cove that begins with:

The road leads up a hill through many a brake,
Blueberry and barberry, bay and sassafras,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccdccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01110111001 110110011101 1101010111 0111110101 0101110011 1111010101 1101110111 11010011101 1100110111 1001010101 0101010111 0101010101 1101010111 011110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of From Cove To Cove;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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