This is an analysis of the poem The Men Of The Open Spaces that begins with:

These are the men with the sun-tanned faces
and the keen far-sighted eyes-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc bcbc dede afaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001110 1011101 01001010 10110011 01111010 01001011 10101010 0010101 01111010 1100101 11010010 1101001 11001010 11001001 110110010 110001101 111001110 11001011 01001010 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Men Of The Open Spaces;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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