This is an analysis of the poem Fragments that begins with:

About my fields, in the broad sun
And blaze of noon, there goeth one,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbXcXddeeff aaffgghhcceeeeXXcc ccaafaabXc aaccee aaeeffddaaiiii ffeeaacciiejggXbXiccdd ggeeiffiikkiX ejaa ffejkkXeeccffeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,18,10,6,14,22,13,4,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01110011 1101111 11110101 001100100 11011100 11010110 11110011 11010101 01110101 11101001 10010111 11111111 01110011 11100101 11011110111 1101010101 1101010101 1101010111 1101010101 11010111001 1101110101 111101101 0111011111 1101110101 1001110101 1011110111 1100011101 1101011101 1001110110 1101010101 01010100011 1101010101 01000010001 01110101 01010110 11010101 01010100 11110101 10111101 11010 11010100 011010101 11000101 111101001 11010101 10010111 10110111 11110111 11010101 11110101 1101011 11011001 11110101 11110101 00111101 10010101 010011001 10110101 11010101 11000101 11011101 11110001 11100100101 1101011101 1001010101 0101110101 0101011101 11110011101 1101101101 1101010101 0101010101 1101111101 10001010011 11001011100 1001110111 1100011101 01010011101 1110111100 11010001010 01001110101 1101010111 0101010101 1111011101 0100010111 0100010111 1011010101 1101111111 11001011101 11110101 100001001 11010111111 1101001101 10010110101 1101011011 0101001101 0101010101 110011 011011111 01110100 110111011 01011111 111101001 01100111 1111001001 11011100 01010101 01101101 11110101 01010101 11110111 10011111 11010001 1100010001 11010101 1100100111 01010110 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, their, now are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, she, and, the, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Fragments;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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