This is an analysis of the poem The Minster that begins with:
DIM thro' the sculptured aisles the sunbeam falls
More like a dream... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc eeee fggf daad XbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100111 1101 010101 11001110101 0101010101 1111 110101 01010010001 1101010111 100001 1101001 0111011100 1101010100 1111001 111101 1101111101 0101010101 1101 110100 0111010111 1101010101 110111 100111 1111100100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
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 all is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Minster;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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