This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherds Calendar - February - A Thaw that begins with:
The snow is gone from cottage tops
The thatch moss glows in brighter green... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX bebecfcf Xgegeheh gegeeeee cici bgbg Xhdhhjhj ggggkbkb cacacece ebebabab bdbXjljl geceejej bcbc kXkj ebebjdjd cicimhmh Xbdbecec gngnbmbm jejXldld jijicXcc obob jbjbXcbcbhchc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 01110101 11010101 11010110 11010101 01110101 11111101 10011101 01110101 11011101 10011101 011100101 11110101 01010101 10010101 101110111 11010111 11010101 10010101 11010101 01010101 111111001 110001111 11010111 01010101 11110110 11110101 11000111 01010101 1100101001 100100011 11010101 10110011 11010101 110010101 11111101 01010101 11110101 11011101 10000101 11110101 110011001 11010111 11010101 111101110 11010101 110101010 10110101 01011111 110101001 11000101 1010101 01100101 11110001 110010101 10011111 11010101 01110101 11011101 110011101 100010101 0111101 10010111 1101101 11010101 11110001 11010101 11111101 11011101 110010111 01000111 01010111 01010001 110010101 01000101 11010101 11111101 01110101 110110101 11010001 01010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01110101 01110101 11111101 01010101 11111001 01010101 111100110 10010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 01110101 01011001 11010101 11001101 01010001 01110001 11000101 10011101 10110101 111111001 01011101 11110101 0111111 01010101 010101001 10011101 11011101 01111111 01011101 10011101 01000101 01010101 11010111 01110101 11010101 11111101 011101010 11111101 010001010 01110101 11011101 01011101 11011101 01011101 01010101 10010111 01101110 11110101 01010111 11011101 011010101 01000101 1011101 11111101 11110101 11111101 11010110 11100101 11010101 110000101 11111101 110101001 11000101 11010101 11001111 01110111 01010111 10110001 11011101 11010101 01010101 010010101 11011101 11010101 1000101
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 160
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; as, and, to, his, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and 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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