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

On to the grey and gaping floor, and through
The broken window in the rough white wall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcabbXbcdeeddX bcXdddedddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001110111 0101000111 011010100 1101010101 1001010101 1001110111 11111100101 1001010101 100100101010 0101010111 10011101010 0101111101 1011010111 1001110101 10010101111 10101100111 101010010000 0101101111 0101110100 01010101001 0110010111 1011000101 10010101100 11010101110 01101101001 001110100111 0101110101 10110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 618
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, of, his are repeated.

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

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

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