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

The brother knew well the castle old,
Every closet, each outlook fair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcddccdbcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110101 100101111 1001011001 100101011 01011001001 10110101 1010101 010101101 001011101 11111111 1101010001 11100111 10010111 01010111 100101111 10111110 011100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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