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

Gray old gardener, what do you bring?
'Laurel and ivy and bay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xaca acbc dbdX XeXe aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111001111 1011011 011010001 0100101 100111011 1010101 101110101 1011011 110110110 1100101 110111101 0100111 101110101 1011111 011010111 110100 11010111 0100101 0101110101 1011101 110110111 0101100 111010001 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Decorating The Old Church;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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