This is an analysis of the poem Earth And The Wedded Woman that begins with:
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The shepherd, with his eye on hazy South,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XaXabcbXBB X cdcdebebBB X fafadgdgBB X hdhdeieiBb a ececcjcjBb a kkkXikikBb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 0100011101 1101010101 1100111101 1101110101 0100010101 1110111111 111111 01001000 1101010001 1101001111 1 1101011101 1111000101 1110110001 0110011101 1101011101 0101011111 010001 110101 1101010001 1101001111 1 1111111001 1101011011 0101110111 1111110111 11110111010 0111110101 0100010 010001 1101010001 1101001111 1 11011110110 0100110101 01110101010 0111010101 0111011101 0111011101 110101 110111 1101010001 110100011 1 1101110111 110100111001 11001010111 11001010111 0011010101 0101111101 100111 001101 1101010001 110100011 1 1111011111 1111111101 01001010111 11010101110 1111110101 0100110001 101111 011101 1101010001 1100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they, of, or, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase they connects the lines.
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