This is an analysis of the poem Solivitur Acris Hiemps that begins with:

My Juggins, see: the pasture green,
Obeying Nature's kindly law, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefeXgfgfhXhiijijklklafaffmfmhdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 01010101 01010110 01 01110111 11110101 11010101 01 11010101 11010101 01110111 010 01010101 01010101 01010101 01 010101001 010101101 11010001 11 01010101 01010101 010100110 01 11010101 110100101 11010101 01 11011101 01011101 10010011 01 11111101 01010101 1110011 01 11011111 01010101 11010101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 195
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; again is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Solivitur Acris Hiemps;
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