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

OF all old memories that cluster round my heart,
With their root in my boyhood days,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdXd efafdcec fcbcfcec abXb XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011100110111 01101111 01001001101 01101001 1101011010111 010011111 101010111001 011010101 0111111001 010110101 1111101010001 101011111 110101010001 011011101 1101011010101 101111101 11011101011 1110010101 111110010001 111010011 1110001110001 1101110001 11010100111 111001101 011011110001 011011101 101111101110101 0101010001 111000000010001 11001110101 111010110010101 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she, in, her are repeated.

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  • summary of The Old Brindle Cow;
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