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

She came and stood in the Old South Church,
A wonder and a sign,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede cfdf ghih gdgd ijfX gkak gbeb adjd bjdj dbab Xbgb flal
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111100111 010101 001011101 111101 1010100101 100101010 011101111 001011110 11010101 010101 1100110111 10110101 10100100101 1010111 110010101 1110101 11010101 111111 111101111 110111 100110111 0101101 111101001 010110 110100101 1010101 1000100111 1110101 11001101101 1101001 10111011110 111101 1101000101 110111 1011100101 100101 110100101 010101 010010101 10100101 11101011001 1101111 1010110101 1010111 1010101101 10101001 1010110101 10111001 111101100 1011111 110100111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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