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

A village Chorus is supposed to be assembled, and about to
commence its festive procession....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab c d e f fgh b eecc d iiff h gd b bb a g a a d d j k k j b b d d b b X e he h b l al a X l el e mm h h de d h he d b h hh k X h hh k df h hh k n nnbb ikkXidd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,3,1,4,1,4,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001000101010 01010010 1010110010010010 10 010111 010010 110110 010010 11101 10 1111010101 1101011101 01010111 01010101001 10 110010 110110 111110 111110 01101 01001100010101101 10101010010 10 0111011111 1111100101 10111 01011 01011 101101 01101 101111 111110 010010 010010 010110 01001 111001 10 1010001010010 01001 111001 100 11111101 1101010101 11011101 11000111 10 1101110101 1111011011 11010101 11010111 100 110101001 110101011 11110111 11011101011 1110101 1010101 1010 1010 1011 1110101 11101010 00101010 10101010 1001111 01010000100010 10 10111010 10100101 11101010 0010001 100 11111110 0010001 11111110 1011111 10 100001010 11101010 0010001 101011110 1010101 1 1101 0111 0111 1101 01010 1101 1001 01010 0101 0110
  • Amount of stanzas: 66
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 39
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, includes are repeated.

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

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

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