This is an analysis of the poem Stonehenge that begins with:
Gaunt on the cloudy plain
Stand the great Stones,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXd beae bXXX XbXb Xfff cgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1011 10011 00111 101001 010111 11010 11011 1100010 10010 010110 10110 1001001 1110 101100 10100 1101001 1111 010010 11101 10111 10010 1110 101110 1010001 1111 001010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Stonehenge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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