This is an analysis of the poem The Oak And The Broom that begins with:

A Pastoral
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  • Rhyme scheme: a b cXcdddefge X chchcchiih X bibieejeej X fkfkllbbbb b kfkfbbgccg b Xdldjjmeem X cacanniffi X hhhhddbbbb X ececjjbllX X hehellfddf b ohohllbhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0100 1 01010101 0101001 01010110 010111 11011101 01110101 01010101 11010101 010111010 010101 1 11010101 110101 10011111 011001 01110101 01100101 11000111 10010101 01010101 010101 1 11011111 010101 01111111 110101 11110111 11010001 11110111 01010101 11010101 110111 1 11010101 011101 11110111 110101 10110101 010101011 11000101 010011111 110111111 110001 1 11110011 111101 01110001 011001 11111101 01010101 011100110 11111101 111110111 0100110 1 110101010 010101 11010101 010101 11111011 11111101 11111101 10011111 11010111 110111 1 10010111 011111 11010101 101111 11111101 01010101 00110100 110100101 11010101 010011 1 101101011 111101 11010111 0101001 11110101 1111010010 11010001 11011111 11111111 011101 1 11011111 011101 10110001 110101 11010111 01110101 10010111 01101101 10111101 000101 1 11110111 011101 01010101 110101 10010001 11010101 11010101 100111001 11011101 011101 1 11110001 1101001 11011101 110111 011100101 11100101 11111101 10111001 01010111 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 122
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and, my are repeated.

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

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