This is an analysis of the poem In The Carpenter's Shop that begins with:

Mary sat in the corner dreaming,
Dim was the room and low, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Cdcd aeae Cfcf agag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010 110111 100101110 011 101101010 101100 1001001010 1101 101001010 101101 11101010 1001 101101010 10101 101001010 1001 101001010 101101 101001010 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In The Carpenter's Shop;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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