This is an analysis of the poem The Homesteader that begins with:
Far away from the din of the city,
I dwell on the prairie alone,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdXd bcbcbebe ebebXfXf egeghihi efefefef jfjffgfg bbbbklkl bmbmhmhmXbbmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010010 11101001 011011010 11011111 010011011 01001011 011010010 11001011 100110010 11001011 1110111010 11101001 111010010 11101011 010111010 01011101 010100010 01011001 011110010 110101011 010011010 01001101 110011100 01001001 110010010 11011001 010011010 11000001 111011010 01001011 110111010 101011001 111010010 11011101 11011110 11101001 110010110 11001001 110010010 101001001 110011010 11101011 110110010 11101011 110010010 11001001 110010010 01011001 110010010 11111101 110111010 11011101 110110010 11001001 110010010 11111001 010011010 01001011 1110010010 11111001 010011010 01011001 110110010 01111111 1010100010001 101010101111111 111110101110101 101000111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 69
- 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; to, of, jewels, i, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, a, or are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Homesteader;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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