This is an analysis of the poem Eclogue The First that begins with:
WHANNE Englonde, smeethynge from her lethal wound;
From her galled necke dyd twytte the chayne awaie,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXXXXbXbbXXXccXXXXccXcXXXXdedXXeXebbXXfXXfdXXXXXfXfXXXXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 65,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101000101 0010111011 100100101110 111110101 11011101101 11010011001 0101111101 1101010111 1101011101 1101011110 10 11110101110 1111010101 111110111 11111111101 01110111001 01001111101 110111011 111011011 111111111 1101001010001 1 1011110101 1101110011 11010101001 1011100101 011010101 010101011 10111100111 110110110 1000111111 1111101011001 10 111111111 11010010101 1110011001 1101110001 11011100111 111000011 1110110101 110101001011 11100101001 10000010111111 1 111110111 11011000101 1110001101 1111010111 1010101111 10011111 111110011 1111110111 10010011111 1101010110101 10 1110101111 1111101001 1111111101 0111010110 10110100100 10010110101 11101011 11010010110 1101010011 1101111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2831
- Average number of words per stanza: 481
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, oure, mie are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, mie, here are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase farewell connects the lines.
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- summary of Eclogue The First;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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