This is an analysis of the poem Calm Is All Nature As A Resting Wheel that begins with:

Calm is all nature as a resting wheel.
The kine are couched upon the dewy grass; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacdacdeeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011010101 0111010101 0101110111 0101000101 1001010101 10111010101 1001010100 1111010101 1111010101 1111011100 0111111101 1101110111 1110111111 01001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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 is repeated.

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

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