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

Wouldst thou kenn Nature in her better parte?
Goe, serche the logges and bordels of the hynde ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXbXc d eXeX X fX d gXXX X XeXcXX d gbdb X dXXXXXXaXX d dbXbXa X bfbXfdXXXX XXXbbXbXXd d dddX XfeX efXX XdXdXa X XXXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,6,1,4,1,10,1,6,1,10,10,1,4,4,4,6,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000101 11010110001 111111111 1111010101 1011010001 10110011011 11110010001 10100101101 1111111001 11101011101 1 11011111 1111111 1111011 11101001 10 0101111001 01111001 1 11001011011 1111111 11111111011 111010101 10 1111101 1011 11011101 0101 110100110 111111001 1 11110001 101001 1110101 0111 110 011110111 01001010111 1011011001 10001100011 1110110101 11101001101 1011011111 1101110101 0101010101 10011011010 1 10111101 1110011101 1100111011 11111 111 110100101 110 101110111 101100101 1100110011 110110101 10011100111 1010010101 1001110101 10011010111 11101101111 0110011111 11010101010 1001011001 1111010010 010110111011 110111011 1111110101 10101000101 11100111111 1111111111 1101010101 1 11101 110101 111101 110111 110011 101101 100101 110101 111111 111111 1101100 1101010 11001001 1010111 101001 110101 11110011 01010101 110 11111011001 1101010111 1101010101 1101111110 101010101 1010100101 1001010101 0101111111 1001000110 110101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; ytte, thou, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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