This is an analysis of the poem The Hermit that begins with:

Far in a wild, unknown to public view,
From youth to age a rev'rend hermit grew;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddeeXeaaffgg eeaahhee iiddhhffffeeff ddcciijjcceeffgg ddkkbbeeaacc ddhhffeeff ccggeeffhh aaggggeehhccggiiffffiihhbb ddddee eehhcc dddeeff eecc eehXffhX cceeffggee ffddXhffggff ccggeehhddee aaccll ggffdd gg ffccddbb ccee ffggee hhffbbffaa ffggggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,14,8,14,16,12,10,10,26,6,6,7,4,8,10,12,12,6,6,2,8,4,6,10,10,4,2,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101011101 1101010101 0111010101 1101110101 1111010101 0111010001 0111010101 1101000101 1101010110 1101010101 1101010101 11010100101 1001010101 11001011101 1101000101 1111010101 0101010111 0101110101 1111010111 11110100101 1101010111 1101000101 1001010101 0101110101 0111000101 1111010101 1101011101 01110100101 0101000101 1101010101 110101001011 1011100101001 1101010101 11010010101 1101011101 1011110101 111110101 1101011101 11010101001 11010100101 1001010101 1101010101 1101110111 1101110101 01001010001 1101010101 1101000101 1011000101 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101110000 1101011111 1101111101 1111110101 0101010101 110011000101 1101010101 11010100001 1101010101 1101010101 1011010101 1111000111 1101111101 0111010101 0101010101 1111010001 1011000101 0101010101 1101011101 11010110101 0101010101 11010101001 1111111101 10011011101 1101010101 1111010101 0101111101 0101100101 1101010101 1101010101 0111010101 1101010101 1111110101 0101010101 0111010101 1101010111 1101010101 01010101001 11011110101 1111111101 10101110101 1111010101 1101110101 1101010101 1111000101 1101010101 1101011101 1001010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 0111011111 1111010111 1011010101 1111010111 010010010001 1001010101 1101011101 1101000101 0101000101 1101010101 01010101101 0101010101 1101110101 0101001101 1011010101 1111010101 1101000101 0101011101 1101110101 10011100011 11010001001 1111010101 01010010101 0111110101 0101010101 1101011101 0101010101 1011111101 1001010101 1101010101 1101010101 01001011101 10001010101 0111111101 0111110101 01110111010 1111010101 1101010101 1011110101 11011101001 1101011101 1111010101 0101010101 1011011101 11001011101 1101111111 1001010101 1111010111 1111110101 11110110101 0111010101 11110010101 0101010101 0101010101 01010101010 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 0111010101 0101011110 1011110101 1101110101 11001010101 1101011101 100010110101 1011011101 01011101001 0111110101 11010010101 0101011101 1111010101 11011100101 01010010101 1101010001 1111010101 1011111101 0101010101 10010100101 1101010101 01010100111 10111110101 01010010101 1101011101 1111010111 1001010101 1101110101 10101010001 1111001101 1101011111 0001010001 0101001101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010111 1101010110 1101010101 10101110101 1111011101 11110110101 111110101 1111111101 11110100000 1101010101 1101010101 1001010101 1111010101 1101011101 1101000101 0111010101 1111010001 1001011101 1101010101 1101010101 01010100101 0011010101 1101010101 10111010101 1101110101 1001111101 1101010101 0111010101 1101010101 0111011101 1111000101 0111010001 1101010011 10111010101 1111010101 0101011101 1101010011 101011101010 010101111100 1101010101 01110010101 1110010111 01010100001 01001010101 0101110101 0101010110 1010111100100 1101010101 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 388
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 249
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; his, to, of, and, in, he, again, him, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, thus, again, his, the 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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  • summary of The Hermit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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