This is an analysis of the poem Health, An Eclogue that begins with:
Now early Shepherds o'er the Meadow pass,
And print long Foot-steps in the glittering Grass;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXXdd eeffgg ggcchhiihhjj ahaaccbbgg cchhhhbbggjjkkcC ddggXXXjhh ccjjiihXjjddcC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,12,10,16,10,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010100111 11111001001 0101001101 11010000101 1101010101 1001010101 1101011101 0101010101 1101110101 11110110001 11010111001 1101010101 1111110101 1101000101 1101111111 1101010101 1011110101 0101011111 10011010101 0101010101 0111010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010001 1101010101 1101110101 01001010101 1101010001 1101011101 1111010101 1111011101 0101010101 1101110101 1111010101 0101010101 1111010101 1111010101 1111010101 1111011101 1101000101 0101110101 11010001001 1101010111 01100010101 1111110101 1101001101 1101011101 1101110111 0101110101 0101110101 1111010111 1111010101 1101110101 1011111101 1111001101 1111011001 1001011101 0111010101 1011111111 1111010111 0100010111 1111011101 110101011 1101110101 11010111001 1101000101 1011110101 1111110011 11001010101 1111000101 01011101001 1101010001 1101100101 1101010101 1101011001 1101010101 1101110101 1011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 78
- 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; and, their, i, my, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to are repeated.
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