This is an analysis of the poem Oak And The Broom, The: A Pastoral Poem that begins with:
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His simple truths did Andrew glean ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bXbcccdefd X bgbgbbghhg X ahahddiddi X ejejkkaaaa a jejeaafbbf a Xckciilddl X bmbmnnheeh X ggggccaaaa X dbdbiiakkX X gdgdkkecce a ogogkkaggX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 01010101 0101001 01010110 010111 11011101 01110101 01010101 11010101 010111010 010101 1 101010101 110101 10011111 011001 01110101 01100101 11000111 10010101 01010101 010101 1 101011111 010101 01111111 110101 11110111 11010001 11110111 01010101 11010101 110111 1 101010101 011101 11110111 110101 10110101 010101011 11000101 010011111 110111111 110001 1 101110011 111101 01110001 011001 11111101 01010101 011100110 11111101 111110111 0100110 1 1010101010 010101 11010101 010101 11111011 11111101 11111101 10011111 11010111 110111 1 100010111 011111 11010101 101111 11111101 01010101 00110100 110100101 11010101 010011 1 1001101011 111101 11010111 0101001 11110101 1111010010 11010001 11011111 11111111 011101 1 11011111 011101 10110001 110101 11010111 01110101 10010111 01101101 10111101 000101 1 101110111 011101 01010101 110101 10010001 11010101 11010101 100111001 11011101 011101 1 101110001 1101001 11011101 110111 011100101 11100101 11111101 10111001 01010111 01110010
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 121
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; my, and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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