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

The old village was with roses filled,
And I went wandering in the heat of the day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd EccE dffd agag hehe cici jdjd kaka alla dadaXhhEE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011010101 111100001001 11010010111 0111010111 1101011101 0011110101 1111000111 0011010101 1101001100 1101110111 1111011111 0101110011 0100111101 00111100111 10011101001 1101010101 1101010111 0011110011 11010100001 1101000101 1101011101 1101001001 1011010011 011110101001 1101110101 01111001001 1101010001 0101000101 1101011011 0011110111 1011111101 1101010111 1101010101 1110000111 0011110011 0101111100 110101100111 1110110101 1011011101 1011111111 1101010011 11011101010 1111010111 11010111110 1001110111 1011011011 1101001100 0101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

    The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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