This is an analysis of the poem Brown's Descent that begins with:
Brown lived at such a lofty farm
That everyone for miles could see...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb deXe fgeg Xhfh Xiii Xgig Xcdc jkek eXaX efef diji iiji Xbeb Xjcj klel edad Xbkb gcic cXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 110111011 01011001 01010111 11011111 01010111 11111101 01010101 01011101 11110111 111110101 110011111 10110101 11110111 01011001 11010011 11111001 10110101 11111101 01010101 01110110 11010001 01010101 01110001 101101110 10110111 01011101 01110101 11010101 11011101 01010100 101011101 111111001 11010101 11001101 1011000100 111111011 111101010 11010101 111111010 010000111 11010101 01011101 11110101 1010111111 11000101 111101001 110010001 01110100 11010101 11111101 10010101 10111110 11110111 01010101 110111001 11010101 01010101 11010101 110101001 11110101 10010011 11011101 111100101 01111001 11110101 01111101 11011011 11110101 110101110 11110001 110101010 11110111 1101010100 110110111 11010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; 'cross, and, he, to, as, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
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- summary of Brown's Descent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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