This is an analysis of the poem The Four Bridges that begins with:

I love this grey old church, the low, long nave,
The ivied chancel and the slender spire;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdd efefgg gdgdhh didigg dXdehh jhjhiXi kkkXgl mXmkgg kkdkkgg egegnn oeoemm kmkmhh hjhjkk ememgp qdqdbb kngkggg dgdldd drdrmm kmkmgg hkhXqq lkgkhh sksknn tmtmmm gdgdmm Xgmghh ihihgg mmmXhbh ebebdmd ktethh ngnghdh jejehh bdbdss kdkdee heheana mbmbgg l
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,7,6,7,6,6,6,7,6,7,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,7,7,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,7,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,7,6,7,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,7,7,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 122
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 752
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, you, o, it, on, her, my, had, to, love, for, thy, good, of, with, would, heart, this, that, pain, his, me, their, all, ', she, might, in, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, why, there, she, would, so, the, good, or, i, to, her, with, for, my, nor are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, 'my, and, she, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words why, ' 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 farewell connects the lines.

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

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