This is an analysis of the poem A School Eclogue that begins with:
Edward
Hist, William! hist! what means that air so gay?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bXccddee f f g eeaahheeeeiiffaa a fXbb f ddaa g eedXaaiicc a jjkkffccffdd g eehheeiikk a ddaaXe g aallii a aakkaa g ffccccaa a aabb g hhddccaaaa fXiihhiieeaaii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,1,1,16,1,4,1,4,1,10,1,12,1,10,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,8,1,4,1,10,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10 1101111111 1111011101 1101110101 1101011101 1101010101 1100011111 1111010011 01011111001 10 1001111111 10 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 11011010101 11111001110 1101110101 1011000101 1101110101 1111010111 11110011111 1001010101 1011010101 11001010101 1011011111 11011111001 11110110101 10 1111011101 1101110101 1111011111 110001110101001 10 1110010101 1111011101 1111010101 1111011101 10 01111101001 1111000101 0101110101 010110111010 0101011101 01001010101 1111110101 0100110101 1101010101 1011100001 10 1111010111 0111011101 1001010101 0101010101 011011101 1001010101 0101010101 1001010101 1101010111 0101010101 10010011001 1101010111 10 11011100101 1111010001 1101011101 1101010101 11110010111 11010110101 11010100101 1101111111 01011000101 1111010101 10 1101111101 111001101001 1111111101 11010101001 11110011110 11110100111 10 1011110111 1011010101 0101010101 1101010111 1110011101 10011010101 10 10001010101 10001010101 1111010101 11001010001 1001011101 1111010101 10 1111011101 10110010101 1111001111 11001010111 1111001101 1101100101 1101010101 111101110101 10 1011101101 1111010101 1111010110 1111110101 10 0111110111 01010101001 1111000101 11110011101 1101000101 1111100001 1110111111 1101111101 1101010011 1101110101 10 1111011101 01011111001 1101110101 11010111001 1011010101 01011101001 10111101001 1001111101 0101010101 1101010111 1110110101 0101000111
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; thy, and, their, as, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, thrice, some, the, or are repeated.
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