This is an analysis of the poem The Two-Sided Man that begins with:

Much I owe to the Lands that grew--
More to the Lives that fed--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abAB acAc XXXX abaBXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111 100111 110101111 1011011 1101100101 0010101 110101111 101111 10100101 111011 10111100 1001001 100111001 1101111 110101111 1011011 11101111 101111 1011100101 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of The Two-Sided Man;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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