This is an analysis of the poem Stoves And Sunshine that begins with:

Prate, ye who will, of so-called charms you find across the sea--
The land of stoves and sunshine is good enough for me!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbaa bbccdd XeXfcc gghhii ffiijj bbggiiXbbeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11100111110101 0101111000111 110111110100101 111010101110101 1010101010101111 01110101010111 11100101010111 10001101110101 1110101110111 110101010100111 11000111111001 11111101011101 0101011100101110 01011101010001 11010011000011001010 111001101110101 01110100110101 11011100111011 01001101111101 010010111011111 0101110111111001 1010101000100101 110101101010101 01110111011101 010101001010001 010101010111101 10011111110111 01010101010111 01001111110101 11010101010111 11110101110101 1101010110101 11010001110101 111010111110101 11011111110101 11001100111111 11011101010111 1001010111111 01010110110101 1111111111101 11010100110110 10101111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i've, that, they, stoves, and, to, no, on are repeated.

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

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