This is an analysis of the poem The Plough that begins with:
What power is this that stands behind the steel? —
A homely implement of blade and wheel —...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa ddeeccff ccddccaa gghhiicc ddccddbb ffddccaa bbddccbb hhccjjgg ccffcccc kkllaacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11000110101 0101000111 0101010001 1101010101 1101010101 0101000101 0101010011 1101010001 0111011101 1001010101 0101110101 01010100101 0111010101 0111010101 0111010101 0111010001 1101110101 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 110010010111 11010011101 1101110011 0101010101 10011110111 1101000100 1101000101 1101010111 1111010101 1101010101 11100101 1100010101 0100010101 1111011101 0101010101 1101010110 0111010101 0100010001 1111011101 0101010101 1101010001 1101110010 11010010101 11001111101 0111010101 0101011101 1101010101 0101000101 0111010111 1101011101 0101010011 1101111101 1101001101 1101110101 0101010101 1101000101 01010111001 1101100101 0111010001 1111001001 1101010111 1001011101 1101011101 0101110101 0111010001 11001010001 1111010001 1101010101 1101110111 1101010101 0111000101 0101010111 0101010101 1101101101 1101010101 1101011101 0111011101 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, no, and, in, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, a, where are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines unused is repeated).
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- summary of The Plough;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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