This is an analysis of the poem The Ploughboy that begins with:
A lilac mist maizes warm the hills,
And silvery through it threads a.stream:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabbXb cdcddcdXbbbbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011110101 110010110 01010111 0101 0110101 110100001 010101 010011101 01010101 11110101 1111 01010111 01111101 0101 01010101 11110101 11110111 1101 01010111 10011111 00111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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 Ploughboy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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