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

This life is sweetest; in this wood
I hear no children cry for food; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eedd ffXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 11110111 11110101 11010101 11000101 01010100 11100101 11110111 11010101 100111001 10011101 01010111 11010111 11011101 11010111 01110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; no is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, no are repeated.

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