This is an analysis of the poem On Leaving Bath. that begins with:

The Britons, in their Nature shy,
View Strangers with a distant Eye:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddee XXddaaddff eeeeggXggeeaaggdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,10,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01001101 11000101 11010101 11110111 110001101 11010111 110010111 01111101 11110011 11010101 11010110 01110100 10010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11100101 11011011 11001101 01010111 11110101 11110101 01001011 10010011 01110111 11010101 11111101 11111111 00010011 11110100 10010101 11000101 10010111 1011111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; their, with, i are repeated.

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  • summary of On Leaving Bath.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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