This is an analysis of the poem The Land Of Beyond that begins with:

Have ever you heard of the Land of Beyond,
That dreams at the gates of the day?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcXda aebeXaXa afdffafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011001001 11101001 01001101001 1101101 0100111011 11001100 0101111011 11001001 11011101001 11001001 101001001101 01111111 11001111001 001101011 01101101001 11101001 11101101001 11111001 0100101001 01011001 0101111101 01111101 11110101001 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word have at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines beyond is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word beyond at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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