This is an analysis of the poem The Broken Circle that begins with:
I STOOD On Sarum's treeless plain,
The waste that careless Nature owns;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb aaaa adad Xbeb dfdf cgcg hchc iXiX efef agag ababXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 01110101 11000101 11110101 10001001001 01110101 1100111001 01010111 01010101 01010101 01110101 11011111 01110111 110100111 10110101 11111111 11110111 11110101 11011101 110011111 110100101 01011101 01010101 01101101 11011101 11111101 110100111 110101001 11100101 11111101 11111111 11011111 11110101 11010101 010110101 11010101 11110101 111100101 010100111 01010101 11011101 11011101 11010101 10111111 1001101 01011101 11110111 01010101 11110101 01010101 11110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, 'a, that are repeated.
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- summary of The Broken Circle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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