This is an analysis of the poem Fox's Dingle that begins with:

Take now a country mood,
Resolve, distil it: —...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc Xdad XbXb Xeee XfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 01010 1101001 110110 101101 00101 1000101 1101 101011 1111 111001 0111 110111 1011 1001110 1011 110011 10110 110111 11010 111111 11010 110101 01110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nim is repeated.

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