This is an analysis of the poem The Feud that begins with:

Rocks, trees and rocks; and down a mossy stone
The murmuring ooze and trickle of a stream... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cacaa dedee XbXbb fcfcc cfcff gegeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 01001110001 11010100111 0101010111 1111110101 1101111001 1101010101 1111111101 1101010001 1101110101 1111010111 010001111 1101011101 01001000101 1101001111 0111110101 01011010101 1101111101 1111010101 0111010101 1101000111 1001010001 1101110101 1111110111 0101010101 01110111001 1101000101 0101010101 1111010111 1001010111 1101010111 0101000101 1101010101 1101010101 0101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 then is repeated.

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  • summary of The Feud;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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