This is an analysis of the poem The Far Field that begins with:
I
I dream of journeys repeatedly:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcXdeXfghiXg X fhjkbciggig fladmjXjihhiXe efcmjffXmgeg bfnolf X onecXhejigXfiXifhfXjf dffeX X iaefpXfaiepg Xepikiagge
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,11,14,12,6,1,21,5,1,12,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110100100 010101100010010 0100101101010100 0110110101 011110011 100111111010 11101001110 01100110001001 1011001011 1011 100010 0101110 1 1011001011010 1011100011010 100111010011 11101001010101 0101110101100100 1100010 100101001110111110 110100101001111 1011110101 01011001110 100110110 110111111010010 1111010 10101100101 1001111 1110100101001011110 1111111110011 11100100 100101110 101111100110 11010 11001011 10110 10110110011100 10101001100101 1011001 00101000110 10001 10 111101010 101001011010 10110010010110 101010101011 010 10101 10110101 1011010 111010100 01101010010 0100100110011 011001001 01001 011010 1 0101101 0101000111 11010101010 101010001010010 11011011010 1111010011010 1010010010010 1101100011 101101011 010100011001 00111011100010 01010010 10011011011 1011101 0101010111110 111001110110 0111010010 11110100010 1001001101010 11101111 001011110 1101111011 0110010100010 01100100110 1110111 110111 1 01110 100101 0111001 11100101010 0101010001 0110011000 110111110010 0100010101 0101110101 0101110101 1101010101 1001010101 1111011000 0100010011 1011110101 0101011101 1001010101 0101001 10010010101 01010100011 01010000101 1001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, snow, and, for, in, or, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, of, or, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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