This is an analysis of the poem A Wall that begins with:
O the old wall here! How I could pass
Life in a long midsummer day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dXdX aaaa efef gbgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111111 10011101 110100101 110011101 111110101 111100101 01111101 0100101101 110011001 1100111100 010011111 1001010101 110111111 110111101 10111010111 1110100101 101110111 111010101 110100101 111011111 111100101 110110111 01111101 0010101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 word my is repeated.
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- summary of A Wall;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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