This is an analysis of the poem Quiet Lanes that begins with:

From the lyrical eclogue 'One Day and Another'
Now rests the season in forgetfulness,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xabccdcdbbbceefbbcfghhggigigjibjgjbbabkbkbbgbggg lmmllnlnlljooXllddgXoo ooohXXhooaaohboblbggXlcchllc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,48,22,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010010111100 1101001000 1001000100 0101011101 0101000101 1111011101 010111 1111010101 0111010111 1001110101 1101011111 1111110101 1000100 1001011101 01011001 00111001010 101101 1111010101 0111010101 1101010 10110000101 0111110101 1001000111 0101011101 0101011101 1101010101 1111010101 0101001101 1101011001 0111010101 01010111 0101011101 1101000101 1101011101 1111010101 100110010101 1000010111 1101000100 0101000101 1111011101 0100010101 1101011101 1000010101 0101010111 11010111001 1101110101 11011111001 011111 110101 1111010111 01000100100 0111010101 1011111101 10011100101 1001000101 1100110101 100101 0111010111 1101110101 1101 0101000101 1101110101 1101010 11010010111 0101111101 1101011101 0101010101 010101 0101111100 0111010101 1001010111 100101 1111010001 1101010101 1011010111 1100100100 11010110001 1101010101 0100101001 1100010101 01010111010 10010010 1100010101 1101011111 11010101111 1100101 1101010101 011101 11110100101 1101110 01010101010 010111 0111010101 10110100101 110101 11010101001 0101001 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 794
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, its, soon are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines asleep is repeated).

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