This is an analysis of the poem Trehill Well that begins with:

There stood a low and ivied roof,
As gazing rustics tell,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdeb fdgd gheh fede gcXi jaXa ikjk gfaf lhlh Xbcb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 110101 01010011 100101 01010101 0100101 11010111 110111 01010101 1000111 01010111 010101 01010101 0100101 01010101 1001001 01010101 010111 11010001 1101001 01011111 110101 0101011 110100 01010101 111101 11011100 010001 11010100 010101 11110111 010101 11110101 010101 11111101 100101 11111101 010111 1110101 011111 11110111 011111 10110110 0100001 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, that are repeated.

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  • summary of Trehill Well;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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