This is an analysis of the poem The Lay Of The Laborer that begins with:
A spade! a rake! a hoe!
A pickaxe, or a bill! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABcbdb efcfcece gghgeieiji khchclal ABABXmcm jnnnoeoe iijipldl ojhjcncX dfbfjqhq ilhlihch ABABfpgp nknkmbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 010101 010110101 011110 110101 010101 11011101 010101 011101 011101 010110101 110101 010101 010101 110101101 010101 0010111 110101 0101101011 010101 1101011 111101 110101011 010101 01010101 1100101 011101 010101 010101101 010101 011101 0100101 01010111 011101 010101 010101 010110101 011110 010110101 010101 110110101 110101 110111 111111 11110101 110101 1000101 010111 110101101 010001 010101 010101 111100101 010101 110101 010101 110100101 010101 110100 010111 110111001 010111 11011101 1101101 110011101 11001010 1101011 1101011 010011101 010011 11111111 110101 01010001 011101 110101 111101 011110101 01001001 011101 110101 0110100101 110101 010101 010101 010110101 011110 1100101 100101 010111101 111101 1100101 110101 0110110101 110101 010101101 111101 110100110 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, to, his, and, my, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, to, the, wherever, my, no, who are repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Lay Of The Laborer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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