This is an analysis of the poem The Corner Stone that begins with:
Sterile these stones
By time in ruin laid....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbab bcacXc adXXdd XeXeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 110101 1100101 01011 0111011 111101 0100101 1101 111011 101101 110101 1101 1100101 1101 1110010 001010 01001001 110101 01101001 1011 1001001 11101 11001101101 01111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Corner Stone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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