This is an analysis of the poem Land, Ho! that begins with:
I know ’tis but a loom of land,
Yet is it land, and so I will rejoice, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaA accaA addaa aeeaA aXaaA addaA aeeXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 1001111001 11110101 01011111 100111 01010101 111111111 11111111 11010101 111 11010111 1101110101 11111101 10111111 1111 11010111 1101110101 11111101 11111101 100111 01010111 010100100 01010101 11010101 111 11011111 1101011101 01011101 11010101 111 11011001 11101001101 11110101 11110100 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, land, my, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, dost, no are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines land is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word land at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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