Cattle In Summer by James Thomson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Cattle In Summer that begins with:

Around th' adjoining brook, that purls along
The vocal grove, now fretting o'er a rock,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdaeXfdbXgeeXfeagcccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101011101 01011101001 1101010101 1100010111 1001000101 01001011101 1001010101 1100011101 11001000101 01010010101 11000111001 0101110001 0101010011 1001110101 1101110101 110101011 110010010101 1101000101 0101110101 0101000101 0101011001 11010111001 1101010001 10110010101 01011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; now, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Cattle In Summer;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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