This is an analysis of the poem A Priest that begins with:

NATURE and he went ever hand in hand
Across the hills and down the lonely lane; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcXcdcdc ceXeffXbgggg faffahfhf dcddiiaeejjaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,12,9,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011110101 0101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1111110100 1101010011 1101011101 0111010111 1101000100 0101010001 1101000001 1101000101 1111010101 0101000101 010010101 10110010101 1101010011 10101001101 1001000101 1111110111 0101110100 1101011101 0101010101 11001010101 1101010101 1111010101 1101110001 0101000101 1111010011 0100111111 1111010001 0101010101 11010101001 1101110111 1011010101 1001010111 0111010111 1101000101 0101010101 1111010101 1001010101 1100110101 1101110001 1001010101 1101110101 1011010111 1101011101 110101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 517
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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, of, to are repeated.

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