This is an analysis of the poem Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox that begins with:

FLAVIA.
THE wretched FLAVIA on her couch reclin'd,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabb ccddaaee bbffggcchheebbb iiggaaaccccbb eebbffggjjffbb ccffccggbb aaggkkbbbb bbccbbbb ffkkffXjjggjjff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,15,13,14,10,10,8,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100 01010010101 1101000101 0101001111 11110011101 11111011111 10101001101 111010101001 11101001001 11011010101 10111110101 11001010111 110111100011 11101110101 10111110111 10100011101 11101010101 11101111101 11101010111 11101110101 1010010000101 11011011101 11101111111 101011111101 10101000101 11101010111 10101010101 11101110111 111010010101 11101010101 11101011101 11101110001 11101010101 101001110101 11101011111 10111010111 11111110001 10101110101 11101010101 110111100101 11101110111 11101111101 11101010101 11011110101 10101010101 11101011101 10101011011 11111011111 111001010101 11111110101 10111010111 111110011101 11101110101 11111011101 11001110111 11101010111 11100011101 11111000101 11011011111 111001011101 11111100101 11111110001 101010101001 11101110001 111011100111 11101010111 111100101001 11111001111 11111111101 10101011111 111011010101 11001110001 10101011111 11011110101 11001110011 11001100111 10101110101 110101101 110111001001 11111011001 11101010101 10111011111 11101110011 11101111101 10111110101 11111010101 11101110001 10110010111 11101001101 10111010101 11101011101 11111001111 11111000101 11111010101 111010101001 11101011111 11101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', me, has, for, by, ye, of, my, and, oath are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ' is repeated.

    The author used the same word ' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Town Eclogues: Saturday; The Small-Pox;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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