This is an analysis of the poem Pastoral Hymn that begins with:
“Gentle pilgrim, tell me why
Dost thou fold thine arms and sigh,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcceeXeaabbffgghhddaaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1111111 11011101 1010111 0101111 0110111 1111101 11011101 11010101 1011111 11110111 10111001 11101100 10010101 10111001 101110101 1110111 1011111 0011111 1110111 00111110 111111110 1111101 1100111 0010111 1010101 1011111 1110101 11011101 11111111 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1076
- Average number of words per stanza: 198
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Pastoral Hymn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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