This is an analysis of the poem The Labourer that begins with:

For a Heracles in his fighting ire there is never the glory that
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXbdc ebfgXbdg hbfihbi aceaXcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000010110100101 10 110111010010100111 1 10100110100110100 10010 111100111010110 01 111001001111110100 10 11011010100100101 1 10100110100111011 0110 1111001011110110 01 1010010010100100101 10 010011010110011 01001 111111110011100 10010 11001110111001001 10101100010010111 111010 010010101101001 11 10110100100110101 100010 1000100100110100 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he is repeated.

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  • summary of The Labourer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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