This is an analysis of the poem The Deserted Plantation that begins with:

OH, de grubbin'-hoe's a-rustin' in de co'nah,
An' de plow's a-tumblin' down in de fiel',...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXabcbcXXXXcXXXcXXXdedeXXXXfefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010100010 1010101001 101000101010 10101010101 001010111010 10101011111 101010110010 11111110101 101111101110 1011010101 101110101010 101110011111 101010100010 110111110001 101000101010 00101110101 101011100010 1011001101 101011100010 00100010101 111010111010 11101111101 111010101110 10111011101 111110101010 11101110101 101111100010 10100010001 111011100010 10101010101 111100100110 11111111001 111110111110 11100010111 101010101010 1110110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 346
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, an', not, whah's, to, dat, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, whah's are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Deserted Plantation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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