This is an analysis of the poem The Frontier-Land that begins with:

YOU of the past, are you present?
Draw nearer! my heart is sore....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcdcefbfagbgegagffcXXdadehfhecdcedXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 1101101 1101001001 1101101 111011111 1101111 110110111 10111001 11011111 11011111 0100111001 001001001 11101001 11011011 11111101 0001101 011111111 011101001 10100100101 1101101 11110010 1101101 1110110101 01100101 110110110 0111111 101001101001 1100101 01111111 11100111 101111111 10100101 11001111 1101111 110110101 1011101 1110110111 1010111 11011111 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1401
  • Average number of words per stanza: 277
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, you, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, and, did, no are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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