This is an analysis of the poem In Hospital that begins with:

Under the shadow of a hawthorn brake,
Where bluebells draw the sky down to the wood,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd efefbbgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001100111 1111011001 1111011001 11010010101 0111110101 01010001001 1111111111 11111011101 1001010101 1101001111 1111111101 1101111101 1001010101 01010100101 11110010101 1001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of In Hospital;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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