This is an analysis of the poem On An Old Minster that begins with:
OLD minster, when my years were few,
And life seemed endless to the boy ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc beeb fggf beeb dhhd giig bjjb kaak ebbe lddl daad bhhb ecce ljjl beeb akka dhhd fkkf dkkd Xiid eggeXdggd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011001 11110001 11110001 01111111 111101100 110111001 110010101 11011101 011101001 01100111 01000101 01000101 0101001001 11110111 010001001 01010001 11011111 10110101 11011111 11110101 01110111 00111101 11010101 10110110 11010101 110011101 01000101 11110111 11111101 01111101 11110101 11010101 11110101 01011101 11010101 111111001 11101111 11100101 010011101 11111101 11110101 110011111 10110101 01010101 11011111 11110101 110100101 01111101 11110101 11010111 111010101 11010111 01110111 11110101 01011111 01010111 11010101 00110101 01110101 0100100111 11111111 11011101 011111001 11111101 01010111 11010111 11010001 011100011 01110111 01010111 110101001 11010101 11101101 11000101 01010101 01010101 10010001 11111101 11010101 11110101 101111111 11011101 11011111 110010101 11110100 10110101 11110111 10010101 111100101 11000101 11010111 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, i, all, who, his, these are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, that, and, a, unknown are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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