This is an analysis of the poem The Scholar-Gipsy that begins with:

Go, for they call you, shepherd, from the hill;
Go, shepherd, and untie the wattled cotes!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcadeed dfffbdgeeg cghghcfccf iejejijccj fkXkcfaddX jcgcgjlffl gbbbbgbffb cXdXdcmffm jmgmgjXffg jfbfbjXjje ffdfdXgXeg cgggXcagga aknknanaan efofoecppc fefeffedde kqcqckdnnd fdfdffhffh gfcfcgkggk feXegffccX ecjcjegggg jfrfrjceec hckckhfffX grdrXgfccf fg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110001 1101010101 1101110110 1111010111 1011010101 110111 10101111101 1100111011 11010101101 1101010101 1101011101 0011110111 0101010101 1001110101 1111110101 101111 1011010101 0100010101 0101010001 1011000101 10011001111 1111110010 1011010101 11111100111 1110000101 111101 11110110110 0110111111 11010010101 10110101010 1111011101 1111011101 0100010101 0101110101 11001011001 110101 0111010101 1101011101 1111110100 1101010111 1101000101 1101110111 11100101100 1011010101 01110111010 010011 1111001110 1111110011 1101000101 10110110101 0111010111 1101010101 1011011101 1111010111 0100111101 010101 10111101001 1111100111 10110101101 1111011100 1111110111 1111110111 11010100111 1110110101 1101111101 101111 1001100101 1111110111 1101110101 1100111101 111111011 1101010101 0101110111 1001011111 1000111101 101111 1101000101 110001101010 10111101010 1111010111 1111111111 1010010101 0101010101 11010011111 1101000101 1111001 01001111000 1111010101 1101000101 1111110101 1011011111 01110010111 1111110101 11110101001 0100010101 110111 10010101100 1101011101 1111111101 1111010111 1111100101 1101010111 1101110101 0101000101 1011011111 110001 1111011101 0101010101 1111011111 1011011101 0101010101 1101010111 11111100111 0101011101 0101011100 010101 1111011111 1101111111 1100110101 11010101001 1101010111 11110111001 1111110101 10111100001 1111010101 111101 1101100101 1101110111 0101010111 1111010101 1111110011 1111011101 1011000101 11110001001 0111110101 110111 1110110111 11011101011 11011100101 1001110111 11111101010 1111010101 1101011101 1101010101 0101000101 11001010 1101110111 11001010111 0011010101 1111111110 1111111101 11111101010 1111110001 11111101110 0101001111 110111 1110010101 1101010101 1101111101 0111110111 11011101010 1100000101 1011111101 1001010101 11011010101 110101 11011001111 0111111111 11110101001 1111111101 11010101011 11010011001 1101011101 1111011101 1101101001 111111 1101000101 1101110101 1101001101 11111000101 1101010101 1111010111 1111011000 01010101001 11010101001 110101 11010011111 1101010111 1101111101 11010101000 0111011101 1101010111 1111011101 0111011101 1101110001 111111 1101110111 1001010101 1011001001 11001111101 1101110111 11110101001 0101010101 0011000101 011000010111 111111 11110001001 0111000101 0011010101 1101111101 110010001 1100010001 0011001101 11010010001 1101011101 1111001 0111010111 1011010100 0111000101 00110001000 11111100111 11001001101 1101111111 1111101111 1101011110 111111 1111001100110 1111011101 11110100111 1111111111 1111011111 1111010001 1011110101 1001110100 0100010101 01011 1101010101 100101111 1101110101 11001010101 0111010001 1101011111 1111110100 10011110001 0101011100 0100101 1101011101 1111011101 1100011001 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 250
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, of, me, to, they, in, thou, one, never, our, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words go, nor, and, but, 'tis, thou, else, whose, still are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fade connects the lines.

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