This is an analysis of the poem The Deserted Village that begins with:

Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain,
Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeebbffffbbbbbbaagghXccbb aaaaaaffiicceebb ffbbbb aajjkk aaccbbddaajj llccmmaa jXaagceennmmii aaccffooiibbffii gcmmppeebbbbeebbppbbaaaa bbccjjggllccaaiibbffaammaa bbeeccff bbeecc ggffaaeeiiaaddbb ffeemmggffbbXimmqqeebbmm iiffbbbbggjjXfggffmm eeii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,16,6,6,12,8,14,16,24,26,8,6,16,24,20,14,14,22,16,34,4,22,22,10,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 776
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 430
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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, thy, these, charms, those, that, my, all, to, i, at, where, his, its, he, could, more, no, when, her, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, the, and, these, those, in, no, to, space, sure, do, how, thou, teach are repeated.

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

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