This is an analysis of the poem The Journey that begins with:
Snake River Country
I now remembered slowly how I came, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddcc eeffgghhbbaa ggXXaaeeii cXhhddccjjXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,12,10,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010 1101010111 1111011001 1011010101 1011010001 1011010101 1101000101 1111110101 1111110111 1001011001 0111111101 1101000101 1111010100 0101010101 0111001001 1111110101 1101010001 1101000111 1101010101 11010001001 01011001001 0101010101 1111010101 1101101101 1100111101 1010011111 1001110101 0101110101 0101010111 0101010101 0101010101 1111010111 1101001101 1101001101 1111010110 0101010001 1101110101 1101010111 1101110101 0111010011 1001000101 0111011101 1001010101 11010101100 0101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Journey;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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