This is an analysis of the poem Out Beyond Ideas that begins with:

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100100110 10011111 10111011 010110101 010101001110 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Out Beyond Ideas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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