This is an analysis of the poem Eclogue The Second that begins with:

SPRYTES of the bleste, the pious Nygelle sed,
Poure owte yer pleasaunce onn mie fadres hedde.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXbXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXcXcXXXXXXXXXcXXXdeXeeXeXXXXaXaXaXaXXbcXXcXXXXXdXdaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 88,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10001010101 1111011101 1001010101 1001110101 01000100010 0111011111 0101010101 101010010111 0101001011 1001011101 100011101010 1111011101 01100100011 1011011101 100111111 1111000111 01100101010 1011010101 1001010111 110100110101 100011100110 1111011101 0100101111 110010101101 11010110111 100011101 0101010101 011100011 100111011 0101110010 100011100110 1111011101 01001101111 010100100110 10010101001 10011001111 0101011111 0101111001 01010100101 1011110111 100011100110 1111011101 1101010001 110101001 110111101 1010111110 1101100101 1001010111 110111001011 011110011 100011100110 1111011101 1011100111 1010010101 110011101 1001010101 10101010011001 1011011011 111010010101 1101010101 100011100110 1111011101 01011001100 1011010111 11010100111 11010101001 1101010111 0101110111 11110110101 111010010 100011100110 1111011101 0111110100 0101010011 101101010 11001100101 10010111001 1001011101 01001100101 0101001110 100011100110 1101011101 110110011 0101110101 1101110111 110110001 1101110101 101100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4085
  • Average number of words per stanza: 673
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; syke, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, syke are repeated.

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

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