This is an analysis of the poem Reflections that begins with:
Looking over a Gate at a Pool in a Field.
What change has made the pastures sweet... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcaac ddeffe gghfXh bbhbbh aafiif bbjXjX aaXaaX ddXaae bbhkkH X iihiih aahffh ddhbbh aXhffh hheddeXcchjjH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001101001 11110101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11111011 11011100 11010101 110100111 110111001 01111101 01010001 01010101 11011111 11110101 11010111 11110101 11010101 01000101 11010101 11010101 01010001 11000101 01010101 11110101 01010111 01010101 11010101 01111011 01010101 11111101 11110101 11111101 11110001 11011111 11010111 01110100 11111101 11110101 111111010 11110101 11010111 110000101 11100101 11011111 11010110 00110111 01011101 01010111 01011110 11110111 11000011 11111101 11000101 01000101 1 111100111 11110101 11101101 010111001 01000101 01010100 01110111 10110101 11010111 11111111 11111111 10110111 11010101 11111111 01110101 11110101 01110001 11010101 01010111 11011100 11010101 11011111 01111101 10011111 11011111 11011101 01010101 111111101 11110001 11010101 11111101 11111111 11010101 110111001 10010111 01000101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 94
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; she, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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- summary of Reflections;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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