This is an analysis of the poem In Front Of The Landscape that begins with:

Plunging and labouring on in a tide of visions,
Dolorous and dear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacXbccddXcdddaeddacdXaedXdfdadfcdddcbcXXXcaaXcfXaeXaaedcgeXcXaecgaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001001010 10011 101111101110 1001 11101100010011 1011 1001011011010 101 10111110011 1101 11011111010 1111 1001001001011 1011 100100111010 100010 100101010011 1101 110101010010 1101 110111110010 1001 1101011111010 10011 111101010110 1001 101101011100 1001 101011010010 1001 11111101110 1001 100010010010 1001 110101110011 1100 101101001011 1101 10101001011111 10001 100111110101100 1010 101001001011 1011 1010011110010 1111 101110010011 1001 1001111000011 1001 101110110101 1101 110111011010 1011 111010010010 0111 111101011101 1001 1110010010110 1101 1111110010100 1001 1101010111110 1011 11010010110010 1101 110100101010 0101 110011110000101 1111 100001110010 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2538
  • Average number of words per stanza: 430
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, them, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.

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  • summary of In Front Of The Landscape;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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