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

The lights yet gleamed on the holy shrine, the incense hung around,
But the rites were o’er, the silent church re-echoed to no sound;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa ffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011110101001101 101010101110011 110110101010101 001110111110101 011110101111111 110110111110101 10010111110011 11011101110101 11111101111101 01011111111111 111100001111111 11010101010101 010101110011110 0001010010001010 101100101010101 001111101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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