This is an analysis of the poem The Hinterland that begins with:
You speak to me, but does your speech
With truest truth your thought convey?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cecefgfg ababbhbh didijdjd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 01011101 11001111 01110111 01011101 11010011 11011101 11011101 11011111 01010011 11001111 11010101 11000111 01010011 01011101 11111111 11110101 11011111 01000101 11011101 11011111 01010101 01011101 00110101 01101101 11010001 110101001 11001001 01011111 110011001 01000101 01010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, and, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of The Hinterland;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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