This is an analysis of the poem The Country Clown that begins with:

Bred in distant woods, the clown
Brings all his country airs to town; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddbbeXccffggeehheeggaaffiiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01110011 010001001 01010101 11010101 01111101 11110001 01010101 1101011101 011111010 11010000 01010101 11011101 01010101 1000010101 01111101 01011101 01010101 01000101 11111101 0010011101 11010101 11111101 11110111 0101010111 11000111 11111101 11011101 11011101 01111101 11010101 110010111 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 226
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Country Clown;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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