This is an analysis of the poem The Village (Book 2) that begins with:

Argument
There are found amid the Evils of a Laborious Life, some Views of Tranquillity and Happiness. - The Repose and Pleasure of a Summer... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b ccdd ccddc cddbb bbbb a aaaee ffXag gcc aa bbdd c cccdd aacc e ehhcc iijja agg cc jjhdj jggXX ee ddg gaakk llaab bmmgg bbhha a aahh nn ddb bcchh bbnno oppdd ee hhc coodd ooggd deeee ddgga abbcc hh qqX addaa ggeen
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,5,5,4,1,5,5,3,2,4,1,5,4,1,5,5,3,2,5,5,2,3,5,5,5,5,1,4,2,3,5,5,5,2,3,5,5,5,5,5,2,3,5,5,5,5,5,5,2,3,5,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100 111010100001001110100011000011100010101010101010101101000100101010101010010101010010110101010101011110100100101001101010110100101100101010 1101110101 1101010101 1111110111 1101011100101 1111110101 01011110101 11001010101 1011110101 11011101011 0111110111 1111111101 1101011101 1001010101 1101000101 1101000111 1111111101 1111010101 1101011101 11110110101 1101010101 1011110101 1111101101 11110110111 1111110101 111100101110 00110101010 00101010110 1101010101 1101111101 1110110001 1111011101 0101010001 1011010101 1011000101 0101011101 011101001001 1111010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101011101 1001010101 0101100111 1001010101 1101010011 0101110101 0101010101 1101010101 0100111001 1101110101 11110011111 1001011101 1011010101 0111010101 0101010101 1101111101 11110101001 1011011111 0101001101 1101001101 1101010101 1101011101 0101010001 1101000101 1111010101 1101011101 1011010101 1111110101 0101110101 1101110101 1101010101 1101011111 1011010101 1101010101 0111011101 0101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101110001 1111010101 11001100111 1101010101 1101110101 1001010111 1101011111 11010010101 0101110101 1111110101 1101110101 01011100101 1101010111 1111011101 1101110111 11010101101 0011110111 00010010101 01110101001 1101010101 0011010101 1011010101 1111000111 1111110111 1001011101 1101110101 1111010001 11010011101 1111110101 1001110101 1001110000 10011000111 1101111101 1111110101 1111010111 0110111101 1101111101 1111111111 1011111101 01001110101 1101110101 10111100101 1101110101 11000110101 0111000101 11010100101 11001010101 1101110101 1101010111 111100101001 1011110111 1101010111 1111010111 11011111001 10011110011 1011011101 1111011001 1111011101 1101110111 11010010101 1111111101 1101111111 1101010101 1011110101 1011000111 0111110101 0111110101 0101110101 0101110101 10110101011 1101110101 0101110101 1011011101 0111110101 11001011111 1101010101 1101011111 1111110101 1111010101 1111010001 11010100101 1101110110 1101000101 1101000101 1111010111 1101010101 0101010101 1011110101 1101010001 1001111101 1101111111 11001100101 01010110101 0111010101 1011010111 1111010100 0101011101 1111010111 1101010101 1101010101 0101110001 0101010101 1011110101 1101110101 00010010101 1111111101 0101101101 0101011101 1101101111 1001010101 1101010101 1101010101 1111110101 1101011101 1001011111 1101010110 1101011101 1101010101 1111110101 1101011101 1011111101 1111011101 1111110101 10111100101 1111111101 1111010101 1011111101 01001010101 1101010101 1011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 251
  • 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; of, and, life, their, joys, in, to, your, thy, other are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Village (Book 2);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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