This is an analysis of the poem The Mower's Song that begins with:

My Mind was once the true survey
Of all these Medows fresh and gay;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaA ccXXaA ddeeaA eeffAA ccggAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 01110111 10010001 01011001 11010111 111001101111 11110101 110100111 11110111 110101101 11010111 111001101111 10011111 01011101 10110111 11110101 11010111 111001101111 11100101 11110101 11111111 0011011 11010111 111001101111 11111110 01001111 11010001 01110111 11010111 111001101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Mower's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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