This is an analysis of the poem Lob that begins with:

At hawthorn-time in Wiltshire travelling
In search of something chance would never bring,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefX ddeeeXeXccccbbcccc gghhcXddiijXXggkkffccjjeeflmmjnddeXjjfXbbggooggjj eejjiibbgghhoXeeffiieeppqqnnaaccccjjXbcccciieeaalll lXccciiqqXXccggccccXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,18,49,51,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111011100 0101011101 1111111101 1101111101 0111111011 11111100101 11111001110 0111011111 01111101010 10011111010 1111110011 110101101000 01111111101 101100101011 11010110001 1100110101 11110111010 11110111110 1001110111 10110111000 11111110111 1101100101 0101011111 1100110111 0111110111 11101101001 0111110111 1101010001 01111101011 0101110101 1001111101 0111001111 1111110101 1101110101 1111110111 11010111100 1111010111 0111011011 1111110101 0101100101 1101010111 1101 110100 0111110101 1111111111 11001110001 1001011101 11101101101 1100111111 11111111101 11111010111 1100111111 10101111111 11111111110 11011111110 1010101110010 111101111010 1011010111 110010111111 10011010101 011001000100 1001011111 1011010100 1111010001 11011111010 01110011101 01101001001 1101110101 1111011101 11110101101 01011010101 1100010101 01010011101 1111011011 110110111 1110111101 10011001101 11010011001 1101011111 11011010111 01001101101 101100101001 101111100101 11111101101 1111011111 0101011101 110011110001 1111111100 1001000111 1101111101 101011011101 1101001111 1101111011 1110010100 0111011001 0110010111 0101001111 0101011001 1111001101 1101011111 1101111101 11011110101 1101110101 0101011111 1101010101 11111101110 10011001010 1101011111 1011001100 11110111101 11011101111 11000111110 01010111010 1111010101 1101010001 11011111001 0101010101 1111111101 11111110101 0111001011001 0111010111 0101110101 1101010111 11111101010 11011110110 10010111111 11010111101 110101101010 11011111010 010001111110 11011101010 11010101100 1100111111 011111101011 11111101001 1111111111 10011101101 1011010101 1001011101 11111101101 1010111001 11110001101 1101011111 1111001101 1101111001 1001001101 01011100111 1110011111 1001110111 11011101000 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 257
  • Amount of lines: 151
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, loved, i, he, in, jack, or, robin are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of Lob;
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  • history of its creation;
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