This is an analysis of the poem The Clerks that begins with:
I did not think that I should find them there
When I came back again; but there they stood,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX cdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011111101 1111011111 1001110111 1011110101 0111101101 1111011101 0101010110 1111011100 1111110001 1111100101 1101110111 1011110101 1001110001 1001110000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, as, and, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of The Clerks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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