This is an analysis of the poem Flight To Nature that begins with:

SICK of the crowd, the toil, the strife,
Sweet Nature, how I turn to thee,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec fgfg hihi jiji cccc baba eeee chcX hXhg bbbbXicic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010101 11011101 10110101 11011101 11111101 010100101 10110111 11011111 11011101 11110001 11010111 11010111 11011110 11011001 100111010 11100101 110111010 110011101 110101110 111101001 11010001 110010101 11101101 11111111 11110111 01000111 100010111 01011101 11110111 11000101 11010101 01110101 01010111 11110101 101011111 11110111 11011111 11011101 01011101 10111101 11110101 11010110 110000111 01110111 11010100 01111101 11011111 11010101 11011001 11101101 11011111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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