This is an analysis of the poem My Land that begins with:
She is a rich and rare land;
Oh! she's a fresh and fair land; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAaB cccb aaaB cccbXAaaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 1101111 1001111 010101 1111110 0101110 1101010 111101 1101111 1101111 1101111 010101 1101010 1101010 1111010 110101 1101111 1101111 1101111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; land, and, she's, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, oh are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines land, her are repeated).
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- summary of My Land;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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