This is an analysis of the poem The Quiet Rural Church that begins with:

It was a humble church, with arches low,
The church we entered there,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcX dddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101010101 011101 11001011101 110111 1011011101 011101 1001011011 0100100 10110111001 101111 10010100101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Quiet Rural Church;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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