This is an analysis of the poem On The Barrier that begins with:

ON the Barrier Ranges,
Grim, and grey and old,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdadaXececfcfXgXgahahhiXicaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 11111 0101010 10101 1001110 100010 111010 101010 111010 10101 100010 10101 101010 10111 111010 10001 1010100 11111 100110 10111 101110 11001 100010 10001 001010 10101 111110 11111 101110 11101 0111010 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 781
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of On The Barrier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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