This is an analysis of the poem The Emigrant Mechanic: A Tale Of Humble Life Book 6 that begins with:

Hail, Rural Life! from whom such pleasures spring,
That I invoke my Muse thy charms to sing.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbaafg ccbbbbhheebbii jjcckkkXkk bbbblldXccbbkkbXkkXfmmhXjjmmXfnnkXbbkkXh oohhbbddddeehaddhheeddmmiippmmhhccbbcXkkddeeddXmdddhhmmhhjjhhgfbbbbcX kkccbbcceeffddbbbbhhkk mmqqeeiiddddmmbbmmmmbbmmkkiiddccbbddqqhhccaa a aeaeee arhree aeheee XaXaee hd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,10,40,69,22,44,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,54,12,16,22,16,18,22,46,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010111001 1101111101 1011101101 1101010001 0101110101 1101011111 1101010101 1111111101 1101001111 1111111111 1101110101 1011111111 0101110101 11010110001 11001111111 1101000100 01110010101 0101111101 1100010111 1111011001 0111011101 1111110101 10011100101 1110111111 1111110101 1111011101 1101010111 1101000101 1011011101 0101100111 1111111111 110110111 0011110101 0101011101 1101011101 1111110101 1101111101 1100111110 1111110111 1101010111 01010101001 0111011101 0111110101 11110111001 11110010101 1111011101 11011110101 1111111101 1101010101 11000111001 1111100111 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 0101110101 10110101000 1111010001 10011011101 0101110111 1011010101 011001111001 1101010111 1111011101 010010111001 1101011101 11010011001 1011000101 1111000101 1110110101 1101110101 1111010111 1111111111 1101110101 10111101010 111101001010 01011101110 1011011101 1001010111 00010101100 0111010101 0111010101 1111011111 01010010101 0101010101 0101110111 1011110001 0111010101 1101011101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 739
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 526
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; or, thy, i, with, ', thwack, his, to, good, and, they, he, cheerily, steadily, speedily, decently, soberly, freely, in, of, it are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, when, now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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