This is an analysis of the poem The Old Manor House that begins with:
AN old house, crumbling half away, all barnacled and lichen-grown,
Of saddest, mellowest, softest grey,—with a grand history of its own—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aab ccX bba bbb ccX bbb bbd eec fXd bXa ccd ggg aah aac iif cdj kkl llf aad hXg ccc eeb bbm llb kkknna aal bXb llc ffc ccd llb hhb fXd ddc ffk aaX cXdnne kkj ggd kXl cck cca cck eek bbd cch aah gge kkd ddX eeg ccd aaf bbi ccf kkf dXb ccg aao ddl eek ffc i
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,3,3,3,3,4,3,3,3,3,3,4,3,3,2,2,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 105
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 325
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, its, her, with, so, my, to, i, knew, used, no, by, she, them, or, him, 'twas, dream, not, in, that, guy, be, without, saw, where, his, miles are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and, i, she, 'twas, from, the, that, my are repeated.
The author used the same words tall, with, i, the, she, 'twas, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Old Manor House;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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