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

In his dim chapel day by day
The organist was wont to play,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddb ddebbedde aaeffeddX ddghhXiiX jjXeegeea kkdeedjjd kkdaadaaX hhdhhdhhd eegaaXkkg Xfddddddd aalbblhhl hhXffehheXhhddddddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110111 01001101 1101010100 11010111 01000101 11110101001 11110101 01011111 010101 1111101 01111111 0101110111 11010101 10100101 1101010111 11010111 11010101 110101 11010111 11110101 1011010111 11010101 111101010 1101010111 01111111 11011111 1111110 11010111 11110101 1101110100 11111111 01010111 0101010100 10101111 11010101 110101 11010101 11000101 1101110111 11110111 01110111 1101010100 11000101 11110111 010101 11110101 101100101 1001010101 10110111 01110101 1101010101 01110111 10110111 010101 10110101 11111101 1100111101 10110111 11110111 1111000101 11110111 11010101 111011 10110101 10010101 1111110011 110010101 10010111 0101010111 11010101 111001001 01101 11110101 01010101 1101110100 11001101 11011101 0101110101 11110101 10010111 011100 11111111 11010101 0101110111 01010101 01010111 0101010101 11111101 01111011 010101 11111111 010111101 11111100101 01110101 11010101 010100100111 11010111 01010111 110101 01010101 10110101 0101010111 110000101 11010101 1101010011 01010001 11010111 111111 11111101 11010111 0101010111 11010101 11010101 1101110101 01010101 01010101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, 'and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Organist;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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