This is an analysis of the poem The Earth, Late Chok'D With Showers that begins with:

The earth, late chok'd with showers,
Is now array'd in green, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadee aaaaff ghghcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010 010101 01001010 010101 01011010 1111110 011101 11111 110101 010111 111101 010011 010101 1101010 110101 1111010 1111110 0111110 010101 111101 1101001 111111 11011110 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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

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