This is an analysis of the poem Eclogues that begins with:
Eclogue the First.
Whanne Englonde, smeethynge from her lethal wounde, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXXXXXXXXX XbcXccXXXdd XXXXddXdXdX XeaeXXaXacc XXfXXfeXXXX XfXfXXXXXgX g X XX f XXhXXeeXX X XXgXXXXXXX X XXiXXXXXXX X XXXXiXiXXX f XXXXXXiXXX f fbXbbXbXXX X jhXhXhXhXX X XeiXXiXXXXX fXfhXX g XaXXXXfXfXX hcXcX XdX hiXiX XXcXgXX hifhf XhXXXXXXaXX hhfXfXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,11,11,11,11,11,1,1,2,1,9,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,11,6,1,11,5,3,5,7,5,11,7,11,11,19,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 1101000101 0010111011 100100101110 111110101 11011101101 11010011001 0101111101 1101010111 1101011101 1101011110 10 11110101110 1111010101 111110111 11111111101 01110111001 01001111101 110111011 111011011 111111111 1101001010001 1 1011111101 1101110011 11010101001 1011010101 011010101 010101011 10111100111 110110110 100011111 1111101011001 10 111111111 11010010101 1110011001 1101110001 11011100111 111000011 1110110101 110101001011 11100101001 1100010111111 1 111110111 11011000101 1110001101 1111010111 1010101111 10011111 111010011 1111110111 10010011111 1101010110101 10 1110101111 1111101001 1111111101 0111010110 101010100100 10010110101 111010011 11010010110 1101010011 1101111101001 10010 10 10001010101 1111011101 1 1001010101 1001110101 01000100010 0111011111 0101010101 101010010111 01010011101 100011101010 1111011101 1 01100100011 1011011101 100111111 1111000111 01100101010 1011010101 1001010111 110100110101 100011100110 1111011101 1 0100101111 110010101101 11010110111 100011101 0101010101 011100011 100111001 01001110010 100011100110 1111011101 1 01001101111 010100100110 10010101001 10011001111 0101011111 0101111001 0101010101 1011110111 100011100110 1111011101 1 1101010001 110101001 110111101 1010111110 1101100101 1001010111 110111001011 011110011 100011100110 1111011101 1 1011100111 1010010101 110011101 1001010101 10101010011001 1011011011 111010010101 1101010101 100011100110 1111011101 1 01011001100 1011010111 11010100111 11010101001 1101010111 0101110111 11110110101 111010010 100011100110 1111011101 1 0111 110100 0101010011 101101010 11001100101 10010111001 1001011101 01001100101 0101001110 100011100110 11010011101 110110011 0101110111 1101110111 110110001 10101110101 1010100110101 1001 110110 1111000101 11010110001 111111111 1111010101 1011010001 10110011011 1111010001 10100101101 111111001 11101011110 1 11011111 1111111 1111011 11111001 10 0101111001 01111001 1 11001011011 1111111 11111111011 111010101 10 1111101 1011 11011101 0101 110100110 111111001 1 11110001 101001 1110101 0111 110 011110111 01001010111 1011011001 100010100011 1110110101 11111001101 1011011111 1101110101 0101010101 10011111110 1 10111101 111011101 1100111011 11111 111 110100101 110 101110111 101010101 1100110011 1101010101 10011100111 1010010101 1001110101 10011010111 11101101111 0110011111 110101 01010 1001011001 1111010010 010110111011 110111011 1111110101 10101000101 11100111111 1111110111 11010100101 1 11101 110101 111101 110111 110011 101101 100101 110101 111111 111111 1101100 1101010 11001011 1010111 101001 110101 111100011 01010101 110 11111011001 1101010111 1101010101 1101111110 1001010101 1010100101 1001010101 0101111111 1001000110 110001110111
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 271
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; her, and, oure, mie, syke, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, mie, i, here, syke, woulde, to are repeated.
The author used the same word manne at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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 Eclogues;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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