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

The little cottage stood alone, the pride
Of solitude surrounded every side.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeffggaaffhhXddaaaagghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101010101 01010101001 1101011101 0100011111 01011101 1111010101 1001010101 0101110101 0101110101 1011100101 11010100101 1101010101 0111110101 1001011101 1101010101 0011010101 0011001101 10111001001 1101101101 0101110111 010101110110 11010101010 1011010101 0101010111 1001011101 1111010101 1111111101 1101011101 1101110011 01001110110 1011001101 11010010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 711
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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, with are repeated.

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

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