This is an analysis of the poem An Idyl Of The Farm that begins with:
O THERE'S joy in every sphere of life from cottage unto throne,
But the sweetest smiles of nature beam upon the farm alone; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccbX ccbX ccbX ddbX eebX ffbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110100101010101 101010101010101 101001110010101 1010101111111111 11100101010011 011110101010001 01011101111101 1010101111111111 01011101011111 0111111101001001 01011101001001 1010101111111111 11111101110101 110100001111101 11110011110101 1010101111111111 100011001110111 01010111111101 11101010110111 11110100111111111 1111010010111 11110101011111 1101110110111 1100010101111111 11110101110101 11110001010111 11010100110111 11000101111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; ', of, with, and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the, they, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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