This is an analysis of the poem I Hoed And Trenched And Weeded that begins with:

I hoed and trenched and weeded,
And took the flowers to fair: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede cfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 1101001 1101010 011101 1111110 111101 1111010 011101 1101010 110101 1111010 010101 1101010 11100111 1101010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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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