This is an analysis of the poem The Flies. An Eclogue. that begins with:

When in the River Cows for Coolness stand,
And Sheep for Breezes seek the lofty Land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc ddbbaXee ddbbffeXddgg bb aahhhhii jj kkXlggll eeXXaaeefflleemm lXiijjnnddXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,2,8,2,8,16,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001011101 1111010101 011111101 1111111111 1101000101 1101110101 1101010101 01110000111 1011110101 1101010101 111010111 1101010101 1101010101 1101010001 1111011101 1101000101 1101010111 1101000101 1011110101 1101010101 11110010101 0101010101 1101010101 0111110101 0101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1001010101 1101010111 0101010101 1110010101 1011111001 1100010101 0101000101 1101011101 1101011001 1111011101 1101010101 1101010111 1101000101 1111010101 1101010001 1011110101 1101011101 1111111101 1101010101 1011010101 1111010101 1001110101 0101010101 0111010101 1111010101 1101110101 1101110101 1111100101 1101010101 0111010101 0101011101 1101000101 1110010101 1111010101 1011010101 1011110101 1101000101 1101000101 1101110110 1111011111 1101010101 1101011101 1111001101 1101000101 10110110001 1111111101 11110100111 1101100001 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • 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; some, to, and, your are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Flies. An Eclogue.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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