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

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbdec fgghXh gijbkh bhhbda jblmnd ebggen mbXohn cagXbm X nXnbjd gpbhbd mndghq abimln gcglhn nXqrhh gfdsfh ghmhmd bcbdhg gbmbsf X oebbgXeckbg dhgofejhbjd X bahsX menlh banXa gnabe a Xgdb Xgbg ncgl ddXa a Abbkq Aehdb aXgdf X bbbeefrXbhdpbdhXbX kXak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,11,11,1,5,5,5,5,1,4,4,4,4,1,5,5,5,1,18,10,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11110101 11110111 01010101 11010101 110101110 10011 01010101 11010101 11011101 11001100 110001100 11101 110111001 01011101 11010101 11010001 100101010 10101 11000101 110010111 11110101 11110101 010101010 00101 010111001 1111011010 01010101 01010101 010001010 10111 110011001 01010101 01011101 01011101 110101010 10101 10010101 11010101 01110110 11111101 11011110 110001 11110101 01000101 01010001 010101000 01110111 111001 1 11011101 01000101 11010101 11010101 01010111 0100010101 01011101 11010100 110011111 01000101 01010001 1101010101 10010101 01010001 11010101 11110101 001110111 1011010101 11000101 11000101 11011111 11010011 11110001 010100101001 11100111 11110101 10011001 01100101 11010101 010101100101 11010101 110100100 0010111101 00110101 11010101 1100010101 01010101 01010111 111000101 11000101 01010111 0101011111 01010111 01010101 11000111 10110101 10110101 0101010101 11010101 110100101 11000101 01110101 11101101 0101010001 10010111 001111001 1011101 01110101 01101001 1111110101 1 110101001 110101110 10001001 0111001 01011101 110001100 101010 11110111 010101010 11010111 010101 110101001 100101010 1010101 110101 01010111 010101110 110010 10010111 11110111 010111001 110111 1 11011101 10010101 11000101 11000101 111001111101 11110111 110101001 11010101 10110101 110011110111 110111001 11100101 01010111 11000101 111101000101 110000101 10010101 01010111 11000101 110101110001 1 10011101110 1011010101 1010100101011 10101110101 11110111 10001111101 101010101010 1001010101 100101110010 10010101001 11010101010 01101010111 1010100101011 10010010001 010010001001011 1010010010101 1 11010100 010101110 1010001 011101010 100010101 11010100 010101110 0010101 1101110011 101110001 11011001 010111010 1011101 11010011 0101110111 1 10111011110111110 10110010010110010 101100101100110110 10010111010110010 10110011010011010 10111110011010011 10010110110010010 100100111111110 10110111010010110 100101101100100100 000100111110011010 10111011111111010 10011011011010110 10110111011010110 11110010110010110 111010010110100 11111111011010110 101101101010010110 11111111010111010 11111111010010010 10010011111110111 10110010110010010 1001011010010110 11110110011010010 1001101110111110 10110110110111110 1001011011011000100 10011110110111010 1011101111010110 101001010011010111 100100110110111100 10101011010110110 11010111001110 101101001010010 1010100111100010111 110101100101101010 10111011110011010 10010011010011010 10011010010011010 1001101001011010 11010011010010010 110110100100100110 1001001101111010 10010111011010010 110101110111110 11010011010011010 1011110010011010 1001111101110110 1001001011010101100 11010010010110110 100111100100110100 111101010110011 1101101010010010 10110110111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 248
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, her, to, and, now, white, all, morrow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, a, all, how, whatever, i, each, now, there are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase falling connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Pastorals;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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