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

They are going to pull down the old rectory next year,
So I hear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cddceeffXffXbffghgiXhjjabdf jffjffXdXiiXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,27,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110110011 111 111110101 1101 101111 00100101 11 1111001001 11101001 101011001111 011101011 01 0010111000 10111101101 110100101111011 10100110 11 11101110111 010001011 101001101011 1011011110 11101001 010111011110 110 1011010 011001011101 111111001 11111001 1 1 1 101011101001101 111001 001 111 1010110010 1011010 1110110010110 11 11111110100 1010110110 101111010 111111 111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, no are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Old Rectory;
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