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

It's the Spring.
Earth has conceived, and her bosom,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXb cbadXeea bXXeXdXXb eebfedXecX AbfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,9,10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001 11011010 1001001 10011010 1011 0111100110 100110100 010110 10110110 00110010110 1011001 1101 100100100 101100110100 10110011011 10110 10010110 10111110 1011001 1001001 1010010010 101011001 111001 101001001 11010011 1101101 10110111010 100111 11110 1001011 0001 010010110 10011110 1001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase jangling connects the lines.

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  • summary of Pastoral;
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