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

TO THE HONOURED MR ENDYMION PORTER, GROOM OF
THE BED-CHAMBER TO HIS MAJESTY... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bbccddaXeeffgghheebbiihhddiihhjjXbeegggffkkkk hXeelleekkkkhXeeiieellbb llhhXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,45,24,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100101001010 011000100 11010101 11110111 11011100 11010101 11010101 01111101 10010111 0101011 10010111 11010001 11100101 11110101 11011111 11110101 11011111 11010101 111111101 01111110 11010101 11010101 10111111 11111111 10110101 00110111 11011111 00110100 11011101 01010001 0110110001 11111111 110011110 010011110 11010111 11010001 11101111 10011101 11110101 01011111 01010111 11110111 01100111 11110111 01111101 11011111 01010101 11110011 11111100 11011111 01011101 10010101 01001101 11110111 11110101 11011101 11011101 11011101 111101111 11001111 11110100 11111101 11111110 01111101 1101111001 11010111 01000101 11110111 01010101 11111111 010100111 11010110 01001101 11010111 11001111 110111110 11111101 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 729
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to, and, thy are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Country Life:;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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