This is an analysis of the poem The Idyll Of The Standing Stone that begins with:

The teasel and the horsemint spread
The hillside as with sunset, sown... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaaa cXdcbbc ccccccc ceeccccXdbbdccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 01110111 010100101 11000101 11110011 11010101 1101001 11010101 01010111 01110101 010001001 11110101 01110101 110001 11101111 11010101 11000101 11110001 11010111 1101001 010101 11110111 11010111 11111111 11010101 11011101 01110101 0101001 01110101 01011101 01110101 01010101 11110111 01110101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Idyll Of The Standing Stone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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