This is an analysis of the poem The Perverted Village After Goldsmith that begins with:

Sweet Auburn! liveliest village of the plain,
Where Health and Slander welcome every train,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeebbff aaccffgghhbXffhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011010001 11110101001 1101000101 0101010101 11010010101 1101111111 1101110111 1111010111 11011111001 0101010101 01111100101 0111010101 0101010101 1111110101 1101110111 1111110101 10010011101 1110011101 1101110111 1001110111 11011101001 1101110101 1011010111 1001000101 11011010001 1101010001 1111001101 111110011 1110110101 11010100001 1101010101 0111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Perverted Village After Goldsmith;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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