This is an analysis of the poem Brookfield that begins with:

Now hath a wonder lit the saddened eyes
Long misted by a grievous winter clime;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbcbcc cdcdXedee fbfbbgbgg hihiigigg X X jhjjkjkk ckclkekee gmgmmgmgg cncnncncX gcg X ccecee Xkakkalaa gcgccdcdd Xcfcckckk idi X ddmdmm hkhkkjkjj agaggjgjj ififfbfbb cocooko X kk acaccbXbb cccccfXff aaaaXgagg kclccpXpd X ececckcll Xgdggkgkk Xclcccccc m
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,1,1,8,9,9,9,3,1,6,9,9,9,3,1,6,9,9,9,7,1,2,9,9,9,9,1,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 11110001001 1101010111 11010111101 1111110101 0111110111 1101000101 1001000101 111100111010 0101000101 1110010111 01011111001 1001111011101 1111010111 10010010001 1101010100 0101011101 0111010011 1101110101 1111010111 0111010101 111111010111 1111110101 0101000101 10011111111 1101000100 0101100101 0110011101 11001010101 0111010101 101100100111 01110001011 11 0101010101 0101010111 11011111111 110001101 0101000101 1101111101 0101010101 110100111101 1101100111 1101010101 0101100001 0101011100 0101110101 11101110001 0111111111 1001110101 110101001101 11010101010 11010101001 11011101010 1111010101 0111110101 1101010101 1101111101 11011100111 000101010101 1111011101 1111011111 1101010101 0100111101 0101010111 0101011101 1101011111 1111110101 111101010101 01010100101 0100010101 1100011111 11 1001110111 1101010100 0111110101 11010101111 11001010101 10110101011 11010101011 11011100001 1001010101 1001011101 11111110101 0101010101 1101011100 1001011101 111101000101 1111110101 1101010101 11110101001 1101010101 1101010101 0011010111 1101010101 1101110101 110101010101 1101010100 1101011101 0100011001 01100100101 0101110111 0101010111 1100011111 0011011111 110111110101 1101001111 11010111001 1111010101 11 0011001111 0111111101 1101010100 1101110001 11101100101 110101010101 1011010101 01110110011 1011011111 0101011101 1101111111 11010101001 1001111111 1011100101 1100101110111 1110110101 1101010111 1011110101 1011011111 1101011111 1010011101 0101110101 1011010101 101101010101 1001110111 0101011101 0111111101 1101010000 1101010111 1111110101 1111010101 10110010101 110100100111 1100111101 11010011001 0001111101 1101011111 0100001001 0101111101 1001010101 11 1001010001 0111111000110 1011111001 1101110001 0111100111 0110110001 1011010101 1011000101 10010101100 0101111111 0100010101101 1110010011 1001011101 1101011111 0100010101 10101011001 0101101001 1101010100 1101010111 110111111111 1111011111 1011010101 01001111101 11001000111 01101000111 0101011101 11010101001 0111110101 010111010101 1100111111 1101101001 0101011100 1011110111 0111001111 11110101010 110011101010 11110111010 011101011101 11 11110100001 0101010001 0101110111 1111011101 1101011111 0101010111 1111111101 1101110100 110101111100 0111111100 0111110111 01110100001 11111101001 11011101001 1111010001 1111011101 1111011101 111101111101 1001010001 1011111101 1101110100 1101011101 1101110101 1101010111 1111100101 0101010101 100100110101 1111110101 1111110111 1101011101 0110011101 11010010101 0101011101 01010001001 1001010101 110100001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 230
  • 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, all, evermore, of, or, with, to, in are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Brookfield;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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