This is an analysis of the poem The Landrail that begins with:
How sweet and pleasant grows the way
Through summer time again... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dbdb efef dgfg hihi dfdf haha jkjk ilil ebeb fafa afaf mhmhXiaia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 110101 11010101 010111 11000101 111101 11000101 111111 11110001 111101 11010101 111001 11010101 010101 11110101 010101 01011111 010101 11001101 011111 110101001 011001 11010101 110101 110100101 101101 110100111 110101 11110101 111101 01010101 100001 111101001 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 1101001 01010101 010101 11010111 111111 11110101 110101 11000101 010101 11011101 010111 11010111 111101 11010110 110101 01011101 110101 111101001 111101 010010111 111111 11010101 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, if, they, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Landrail;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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