This is an analysis of the poem One Who Loved Nature that begins with:

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He was not learned in any art;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccbcb X dcdcecXc X fgfgahXh X fificXcg a dddddede a jkjkecec X lmlmlblb X dXdXXcici
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11110101 11011101 11010001 11111101 11010101 10010101 01011101 010001 1 01111111 011100011 01010111 11100101 01111111 11010101 01011101 110101 1 11110111 110101110 11000111 101111010 10011101 01010100 11010100 0101001 1 111101011 11010111 11010101 11010011 11010101 11001101 10010011 110100 1 11110001 110101010 11111101 011101010 11010100 01110101 11010110 110111 1 011111001 01111111 100100101 11110111 10110100 110101001 01000111 1101001 1 11010111 11011100 11010100 11000001 11010111 11010111 11010101 111101 1 11110011 010011101 01110001 10010111 11000101 01111111 01010011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what, in, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, and are repeated.

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