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

I paced alone on the road across the field while the sunset was
hiding its last gold like a miser....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddXXecXadbade
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010110111 100111010 0111101100001010 101110101110 100011110001110 0101100100101010 010 0101111010011 0101011100101100010 10101001010110111 11 1110100110110011 111011010101000 1101100101110 11101111100101 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 877
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • 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; of, and, with are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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