This is an analysis of the poem Green Fields that begins with:

By this part of the century few are left who believe
in the animals for they are not there in the carved parts...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXcbdaadXaefXdegefeehaXciXigcfiigehac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100100111101 00100111110011 0011110100101 11011101110 10111010010 11111010101110 100111011110 1011001111010 110111100011 110110101110 10111100101110 1111110111110 1010101111101 1001011101001 0010111100001 1001111001111 01110001010 1000111010010 11110010101 100111110101 000111101001 011110010110 100101001011 1001010111000 11011001010 10101010110110 0010010011101 10100110111001 010101111101 010010111101 011101101001 00101011011110 11101011111 010101111111111 10110110111001 111111011010101 1110111111010 11110111110 011010110110111 1011010011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 405
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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