This is an analysis of the poem Along The Field As We Came By that begins with:
ALONG the field as we came by
A year ago, my love and I, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee aaffXXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 01011111 01010111 11000101 11111111 01010101 11010001 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11110011 11011100 11100101 11010111 11110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 699
- Average number of words per stanza: 126
- 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.
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