This is an analysis of the poem Elegy In The Classroom that begins with:

In the thin classroom, where your face
was noble and your words were all things,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cXdXb cXbdX bXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111111 110111011 1101010011 1110001010101 10000111 1010111 101101 01101 101110111 11110001 1100111 1010101 111110100 1011111 10111101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; your, wise are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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

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