This is an analysis of the poem The Lonely Old Fellow that begins with:
The roses are bedded for winter, the tulips are planted for spring;
The robins and martins have left us; there are only the sparrows to sing....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010110110010110101 010110111111001001 01011001001001001 111101011001101101 11011001011011011 11011001001101001 11011101011111011 101101011101011011 001011011011001001 11101001001111011 111011001011011101 11011101111111001 11101111001111111 111001011011101111 111101011001111101 1111010110111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1166
- Average number of words per stanza: 223
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, them, all, i've, of, my, friends, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i've, but are repeated.
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- summary of The Lonely Old Fellow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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