This is an analysis of the poem At The Long Sault: May, 1660 that begins with:

Under the day-long sun there is life and mirth
In the working earth,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcddcde bebfggggfggdddhhgdidd fbbfjkjfgfgk feelmdlmdnnjfjfdf jffjgbfmmfgb hhemXdkhk fbcb igeg bdbdXflbl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,21,12,17,12,9,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110111 00101 10100111 101011 010010001001110 1101 001100101 11010010101110 010101111 10111 110110100101 10101011 001010011101 01001 0010101 0101001 011011 00101001 1101001001 1101101 0110101 10010111 011111 01111101011 0100101 001011110110101 01011011 0101100101111 011010010 11111 111 11111110101 11001001111 11011001011 101011 1110101 101111 01101111 111111 10111100101 11101 100100111001011 1100001 101101101 111111001 11010100111 00101001101011 11010101001 111111 10110111011 11111001 0101011111 110100101101 1110110100100111 10110100101 11001011 110110011 10101101 010111 110101100111111 1101101 00101001 001010101 10100100111011 110111 01100111 11111 01101010111 110111 111111 10111110 1101111 110111 00101001101 00110 10010111 010010110 1100110111 01111 01101110 011111 111010010 0101111 010110010 11001101 0110011010 11001001 110111010 11011011 1010010010 101011001 1010110011 11011001 010011010 11001001 1010010010 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and, the, that are repeated.

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