This is an analysis of the poem The Old Home By The Mill that begins with:
This is 'The old Home by the Mill'--far we still call it so,
Although the old mill, roof and sill, is all gone long ago.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc aaXX ddaX cXcccXcccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 00111101111101 11011111011101 011111110101101 111111000010101 110101010111101 110101001110101 11010100111011 111101001101001 11110101110101 01011111110111 11011111110101 0100011110100 01010111101111 01101100111101 11011101011111 01101110110100 11101101011011 1111101011011 1 11110101110111 11111111110101 111100111111 11110101111101 11011001110111 11101111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; old, and, in, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i'd are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Old Home By The Mill;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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