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

YET in the darksome crypt I left so late,
Whose only altar is its rusted grate,—­... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffcc ccaaffbbffggffhh ccaaiiXbXXaabbbjddkkffcceelljjmmkkdd bbffddeenn bbjjjjbboo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,16,36,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001011111 1101000101 1001010101 1101011001 1011011101 0101001101 01110101001 11010010101 1101110100 1011010111 10110001001 11001010111 1111010101 11010101001 11100101001 1011010101 11110101001 1011010111 1011010111 0101001101 1101000101 1101000101 01010001001 0111010101 110010101011 0011000101 1101110101 0101010111 11110111010 01111101010 1011010111 1101010101 1101110101 1001111100 1001010101 10110111001 11111111100 1011011101 0101010111 11111101001 1101111101 0111000101 011001011 11011010101 10110100101 011100100001 11011100101 01001010111 11010010101 01010101001 11010101001 0111110101 1011011101 01011110001 0111010101 010010110101 1101011001 1101010001 0101000101 10110001001 11100111001 010101011 1011010101 10010011001 101101011 1101011111 1101010101 1101110101 1101010111 01001010101 1101010111 1111111101 11010101001 0111010111 100100101 1001010001 1111010101 10001011101 1011100101 1111000101 1111110101 11110000101 1101011101 0101111001 11110100111 1110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 792
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; his, of, and are repeated.

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

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