This is an analysis of the poem The Old Guitar that begins with:
Neglected now is the old guitar
And moldering into decay;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababab ccccXc dbdede dfdfdf gdgdgd baXaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010100101 11000001 100100111 1011101 101010101 0010101 011101001 0100111 1100110111 110101 010100100 1010101 10101001001 1100111 1010100101 1100100 0010101101 1011100 10101101 10101001 11110101 0010111 00110111 1011100 0101001001 1110101 001011101 00110101 10101011100 0110101 011010101 1010111 1011100100 0100101 111110101 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Old Guitar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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