This is an analysis of the poem At Lofting-Holt that begins with:

SINCE I left the city's heat
For this sylvan, cool retreat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaaccddffgghhggffiiccaaaagggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1110101 1111101 1010111 1010001 1010111 1011101 1011101 1010101 1111101 0010111 1011101 0010101 1110111 1110101 1010101 1010111 1110111 1010001 1010111 1011101 1110101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1110111 1110111 1011101 0010101 1111111 1110101 1011101 1110111 1010011 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 222
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of At Lofting-Holt;
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  • history of its creation;
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