This is an analysis of the poem Pastoral that begins with:
The Dove walks with sticky feet
Upon the green crowns of the almond tree,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXX XbacbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101 0101100101 01011001 110 11100100011 100100110010111 11011001 11 0011101 100101010010 01010010010 101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 Pastoral;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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