This is an analysis of the poem The Wildy Ones that begins with:

The sheep are in the silver wood,
The cows are in the broom;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc cdcdbebe aaaaXaea efefgdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 011001 01100110 110111 11011101 11001 10010111 1101 11000101 1101 11111101 0101 11110101 0101 11010101 1101 11110101 0101 01011111 0111 11111101 1101 11111011 0101 11110101 1011 11010111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Wildy Ones;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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