This is an analysis of the poem Kentucky that begins with:
You, who are met to remember
Kentucky and give her praise;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acab dede bfbf cgcg hehe aiai cbcb ijijXchch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110010 0101101 111111010 0011101 0100110 1101111 11010010 1100001 1000111 100111 1001111 111101 1111110 100111 1001110 110101 1001010 100110 11001010 010011 1100110 0101011 11001010 110101 1111010 010111 1111010 110101 1101111 111111 1111110 110111 1101010 111100 0101010 110111 1101110 110100 11001010 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, worthy, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words worthy, one, for are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Kentucky;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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