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

I used to think that this environ-
Ment talk was all a lot of guff; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcd ecec bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110100 11110101 110101110 1 011111010 10011101 1101010010 1 111011010 10110111 111111010 1 111101010 01110110 110111010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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