This is an analysis of the poem England's Fields that begins with:

England's cliffs are white like milk,
But England's fields are green;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdd beceff XgXg bb cbXbgg afcfhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,2,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011111 110111 01110101 111101 11110101010101 01010101110001 1110111 010101 01010101 111111 11011111110101 10100010110101 1010100 111111 01101000 110101 11111101011101 111101110100101 1110111 011101 1010101 110001 11011111010101 1010101010101 1011101 111101 01011101 110111 11011111101101 11011111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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