This is an analysis of the poem Bound For California that begins with:

With buoyant heart he left his home for that bright wond’rous land
Where gold ore gleams in countless mines, and gold dust strews the sand;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aaaa aaaa ccaa ddee ccXX ddaa ffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101111101 11110101111101 111101011111101 10100111010100001 10010101010101 10010011010111 11010101010111 10011101110111 10110101110101 001110110111101 110111011101001 01110101111101 01010111010111 11010101011111 11010101010101 10010101010111 11110111111110 11011101111111 1111110011010111 110010101011101 101011111010111 01111101111101 111100101010101 01110101010111 11111101111111 01111101111100 11010101011101 01110101010111 01111101110101 01110101111101 01010101111101 110101010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, his, with, and, i, of, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vainly, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Bound For California;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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