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

The little church of Long Ago, where as a boy I sat
With mother in the family pew and fumbled with my hat—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccbbccddcceeffggcchhiiaaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010101110111 010001001110011 11110101011101 01110101010101 11001111110001 11111101110101 11010101010101 11010101010101 01011101110101 11010111011101 01010101110111 010100111111110 01110101100111 01110011110101 11011101010101 01010101010101 01010100111101 01000100101101 11110101011111 01010110110101 11011101110101 11011101010101 11010100011101 11110101011101 01010101110101 01110101110101 01010001110101 110011101011101 11010101010001 01010101010101 11110101111111 01011100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1818
  • Average number of words per stanza: 365
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Little Church;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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