This is an analysis of the poem Country Guy that begins with:

Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,
The sun has left the lea,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaaabA XcacXaXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 011101 0101001010 010101 01011111 110101 1111001010 110101 01011101 010101 01011101 111100 01011101 1110111 111101001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word guy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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