This is an analysis of the poem Homecoming that begins with:
What was is ... since 1930;
the boys in my old gang...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXab XXccc XbaXX deXde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 010111 11010111 11101 0010100 10100010 111 001000100 110101110 01110 10101010 110001110 11100010 0101110 010011 010111 11101 1100111 111100 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Homecoming;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Robert Lowell
- Analysis of To Speak Of Woe That Is In Marriage
- Analysis of Home After Three Months Away
- Analysis of History
