This is an analysis of the poem To The East And To The West that begins with:

TO the East and to the West;
To the man of the Seaside State, and of Pennsylvania,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaAXaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011001 00100111101010 001000010010011 1001100111110110 11 1010101011001001 1001100001 01101011101110100 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.

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

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