This is an analysis of the poem Topography that begins with:
After we flew across the country we
got in bed, laid our bodies...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXacaXddeaXcacafaXbef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011010101 1011110 1000010111 1011011 1010011111 10100110101 1100101101101 11111110 1001110110 1001110110 10110001 01011101 100111011 110100011 110100011 110101011 1101010101 1110001 1011101010 1110110 1110101 1010100010011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 802
- Average number of words per stanza: 139
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; my, your, kansas, time, rising are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words burning, sun, moon, all are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kansas is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Topography;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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