This is an analysis of the poem The Rural Life In New England. Canto Third that begins with:

I'll change my measure, and so end my lay,
Too long already.... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,83,25,25,23,17,18,10,9,11,13,26,10,59,65,44,7,5,30,17,9,13,23,107,52,17,14,21,15,96,7,1,9,15,32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 53
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 693
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 979
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, her, to, she, my, of, every, with, his, their, wait, ', me, all, in, its are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she, of, that, a, to, the are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gratitude, ' are repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases speak, ' connect the lines.

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