This is an analysis of the poem A Channel Rhyme that begins with:

Start Point and Beachy Head
Tell their tale of quick and dead....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa XX bb cc XX cc cc ddXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1110111 10011100 11001001 01010101 1010111 1101100101 10111001 1110110 01110101 11111 11100101 1010101 01010111 1111101 1111101 10110110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 is repeated.

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  • summary of A Channel Rhyme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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