This is an analysis of the poem New England Mind that begins with:

My mind matches this understand land.
Outdoors the pencilled tree, the wind-carved drift,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba XccX bddb eaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111001011 11010010111 11010100101 1111011101 1110110111 100110101 1101110111 1111010011 1011001111 1101111001 11110100101 1101011111 1101110101 1101011001 0101010101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of New England Mind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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