This is an analysis of the poem Ice, Eden that begins with:

There is a Land that’s Lost,
Moon waxes in its Reeds,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab baXa ccXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 110001 111101 011111 011011 11111 11100 010101 010111 111111 1010101 0101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; it, see are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines see is repeated).

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  • summary of Ice, Eden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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