This is an analysis of the poem A Peasant that begins with:

Iago Prytherch his name, though, be it allowed,
Just an ordinary man of the bald Welsh hills,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccdXdeXXXaXaXccecbb Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010100110001 111010100111 1101100101 101010011 00101001101 01010110011 001101110010 110110101 101011101 0011011001 1111111001 10001111010010 101010000100001 01100001 1100111001 101010111000 1001101110110 01101101010 01011010010 10011001010 01011111001001 0101011001001 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; in is repeated.

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

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