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

JANE SNEED BEGAN IT: My poor John, alas,
Ten years ago, pretty it was in a ring ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc efefe dgdgd hchcX gbgbg cdcdc aiaia djdXd jcjcj kdkdk iaXai dadXd hlhlh mXmhm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 10011001001 0111111001 11111111111 110001 1111010111 110111000110 0101111101 11010111110 100111 1111111101 11110111011 0101111101 1111111011 111111 1101111001 11110010011 0101110111 11111010111 111010 0111010101 0100110111 1111110111 0110110001 111100 11110011111 1010011101 1101100101 0111010111 110101 1111010111 01011011001 11011100111 11101010101 1001011 11010011010 11001011101 11110110111 1011010101 110100 1110010111 1001011011 100100100101 10111010111 100011 10100110101 1001001001001 01110101001 11110110001 010111 1101111111 1111011100 1011110101 1101110100 10101001 1101000101 11110011001 11001000100 1001010111 011001 1111010101 1111110100 0111010011 1111100100 011101 1111010101 01110101010 0111110011 11100101110 110111 11011111001 0001110100 01110111111 1111011110 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, i, to, we, or are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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