This is an analysis of the poem The Old Clock On The Stairs that begins with:
Somewhat back from the village street
Stands the old-fashioned country-seat. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccDXeeffggDX aacchhDX iijjXXDX kljjaaDX jjmmjjDX aabbhhDX jjXXkkDX hhhhllDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 10110101 01001101 11011111 10010001 11011101 100010 101000 1110101 11110001 0010101 10111001 10011101 010010111 100010 101000 11010111 10010101 011010101 010010101 010100101 110111101 100010 101000 11010101 11011101 110011100 0100101011 110110111 010011101 100010 101000 0110100 11010100 011010101 01010101 110100101 11011101 100010 101000 11010101 11110101 110101101 11000111 101010101 110010111 100010 101000 0110101 011110101 10110101 01100101 100111001 11011101 100010 101000 1110111 1110111 11110101 1011111100 10011111 01011101 100010 101000 1010101 1110111 11111101 01011101 010000100 1000100 100010 101000
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, through, days, never, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, there, never are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word forever at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase never connects the lines.
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- summary of The Old Clock On The Stairs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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