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

Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way
With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeXfccggbbeeccff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111011101 0101100001 1001010101 0101010101 0101111101 11111100101 1101010101 0101000101 1111010101 11011100111 11010101001 0101010111 1111100101 0111010101 0101011111 1101111101 1111011110 11001011111 01001010101 11011011101 110111101 0101010101 1111110101 1111110111 1101010101 11001110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 207
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; he, could, and are 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 Village Schoolmaster;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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