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

Red-Winding from the sleepy town,
One takes the lone, forgotten lane... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaababb Xcdccecee fgfggdgdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 11010101 11010111 100110101 11010101 11010101 01011101 01010101 01010101 11011100 100010101 01010111 11010111 11011111 01111101 11010101 01000101 01111101 01010101 110101001 11111101 11010111 11111101 11011001 11110101 10110101 01110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; its, and, to, my are repeated.

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

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