This is an analysis of the poem To An Old Grammar that begins with:

Oh, mighty conjuror, you raise
The ghost of my lost youth -- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cacca dedde faffa gXggh cicXi ijiij ghggh klkkl feffe aaaaa lmllm cncXnXlgllg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 010111 01010101 11010101 110101 11010111 101101 01010111 110100101 010111 11010101 110101 010011101 11011111 110101 11010111 010101 11111101 10011101 010101 11011101 0101010 11010111 11110111 010101 11010101 010101 111100111 100010100 010101 10010101 1100001 11011101 11011101 011101 11110101 0011101 0100101001 11011111 101101 01011111 110101 1100100101 110010111 010101 010100101 011101 11110110 10110101 010111 11111101 010101 01111101 11110111 1101011 110101111 0100101 01011011 111100101 111001 11011111 111111 11111111 11011001010 110111 11111101 110101 11110011 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • 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 words the, and, on, a are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To An Old Grammar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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