This is an analysis of the poem The Man And His Horse that begins with:

Within a Meadow, on the way,
A sordid Churl resolv'd to stay, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab cccccc ccacca bbXbbc ccdccdXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 01010101 110101 10010101 11011111 110101 011010101 01011111 110111 11010101 101110111 111111 10010001 11010001 110111 11110001 11010101 100111 11010101 111010101 100110 11110101 10111101 100111 11110101 11011001 110111 11110101 10110101 111111 1110011001 1011001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of The Man And His Horse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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