This is an analysis of the poem Across The Fields that begins with:

Across the sky, the clouds move,
Across the fields, the wind,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX Xbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 010101 0101011 011010 010111 010111 01010101 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; across is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word across is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Across The Fields;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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