This is an analysis of the poem Welsh Landscape that begins with:

To live in Wales is to be conscious
At dusk of the spilled blood...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDDEFGDDHDAAEHGDDDFHADADIJaBCDDEFGDDHDAAEHGDDDFHADADIJj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 57,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100010 110011 11000100011 100010010 01110 000001 0101010 110001 010011 100110 11010001 11101 10010110 01100 1001 11100111 111001 1111011 110110 1010101 1110 101001 10010 11010110 011 1001011 1110010 10110 1000100111010100010 110011 11000100011 100010010 01110 000001 0101010 110001 010011 100110 11010001 11101 10010110 01100 1001 11100111 111001 1111011 110110 1010101 1110 101001 10010 11010110 011 1001011 1110010 10110 1000100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 290
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

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

  • summary of Welsh Landscape;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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