This is an analysis of the poem A Pastoral that begins with:

Nature feels the touch of noon;
   Not a rustle stirs the grass; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccba deccfd fbeeXf ghiihg fjddjb dkjjkd bacXabXadjjda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1010101 1011101 10111001 1010101 10101 101111 1010101 1011101 1010111 1010111 10101 0010111 1011101 1010101 10011101 10011110 10111 10111001 1010001 1010101 1010101 10001101 10101 10110101 1000101 10011111 1000101 11101001 10101 11101101 1100101 11000111 1110101 10010101 11111 1011001 101111 1110101 101111010 10110101 11111 10111011 1010101 100111001 1110111 1111111 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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