This is an analysis of the poem English Eclogues V - The Witch that begins with:

NATHANIEL.
Father! here father! I have found a horse-shoe!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeefee ghic ajdXkcf gcc ajgj gjhlek aigfX gillihXc agajadeaccm gnjjjigojjinifgfdj abh gkicoj cgj acp cig gdjhfiga ancg cjjjfccijnXjfj gfn cgf gfXg ccid gXi cXb gal cdco gjp ccjXgckdcgamf gkcck ceX gicmi ak Xgbi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,7,3,4,6,5,8,11,18,3,6,3,3,3,8,4,14,3,3,4,4,3,3,3,4,3,13,5,3,5,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 10110111011 1011011101 11110111001 11001111111 0101110101 1101111100 11101101111 110101 10 1101 11110100111 01111111110 010 11010111001 1101011101 11101110111 0111110111 011101110010 011111 10 1101 01011111110 010 1100110101 01010101110 11011010 10 101 1111010101 1111000111 1111110101 010 010 1110101 11110101010 00111100101 1101010101 10 011001010011 11101101111 10011001001 1101111110 1101011111 1111110111 110101 010 11110 1001011111 111101011101 001110101010 1101111101 1101001101 1001011111 01001111010 1001010111 1101 10 111111 1011000111 1110111101 1111010011 11011110011 11010010110 1101110001 0101111001 1101110101 0111111101 1011001001 11111101010 1111111111 111100100110 0111010111 1111001001 01010011101 010 11110010101 11010 10 101010 11010100110 0011110101 11001101111 0101110 10 0110 01011100011 010 01111001111 11010100 10 1110 111100 10 1111 11001011101 1111111111 1111101101 1111011101 11010101010 1111010110 010 1101110101 0111011111 111110 10 1111 1100000101 1100111101 01010100101 1101110111 1111111111 110100101110 1111110101 1101010101 01000101110 1101011111 11010100011 111101 10 1111 111010101 10 110 01010011010 10 11011110110 11110011010 111100 10 111010 10010101001 1111111 10 1111 11110001010 10 01111101010 1101 10 011111 10110001000 10 1101010001 1111011101 0101010 10 101 111100 10 11010 0111010101 11010111101 00011111010 110101 10010 01010010111 1111010001 11000101110 11010101000 11111100001 111111 10 10110 1101010111 0011111100 1111010 10 111 1111111 10 1001 11010101110 0101011101 01111011010 010 11110010 10 111 11010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 212
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, that, in, her, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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