This is an analysis of the poem Old Cob Wall that begins with:
Old cob wall
Have fell at last;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb caXX dcecdfef XXbe bbXb gcXc XXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1111 1111 0011 1111 1101 0101 1101 1110 0011 1111 0101 1111 1111 1101 0111 1111 0111 1111 11010 11001 1101 11010 111 1111 1100 11010 101 1101 1110 1111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 and is repeated.
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