This is an analysis of the poem The Land Of Hearts Made Whole that begins with:

Do you know the way that goes
Over fields of rue and rose,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbb Xaccc ddeee aaddd aafff gghhh iiaaa jjiii eeaaa jjiii hhkkk kkbbb aaaaa llhhh jjjjj ddkkk bbiii jjkkk iiiii iijjj aajjj eejjjXcceee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1010111 1011101 1010101 0010111 11101110 1010111 1011101 10010101 0010101 1111111 1011101 1011111 1011101 0010111 1010101 1010101 0110101 1000101 1010111 1010101 10010101 1110111 10100101 00100101 1110101 0110111 1011111 1110101 11101011 1110101 0111101 1001101 1110111 1010100 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 0110101 1000101 10101001 1011101 1010111 1110101 00100111 00100111 1010101 1110111 1111111 0010101 1110111 1001111 1010001 1011101 011101 0010100 111011 0010101 00101011 1011101 1010101 1110101 1011101 001011 1110111 1010101 1110101 1010111 1010101 10100101 0111101 0011111 1011101 1110101 0010101 1010101 1111101 1010111 1110111 1011101 0110101 1110101 0010101 1110111 1110101 1010101 1011111 10011100 100101011 1011101 0010001 1010111 1111111 0011101 10100101 1010101 1111111 1011101 1010101 0110101 1010101 11100111 1100100 0011101 1110111 1011101 1011101 1110101 1111111 0010111 0010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 of, in are repeated.

    The author used the same words do, on, here, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Land Of Hearts Made Whole;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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