This is an analysis of the poem The Churchyard that begins with:
HOW slowly creeps the hand of Time
On the old clock’s green-mantled face! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeefgfg dhdheXeh aeaeijij bfbfhdhd kdkdlala
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 10111101 11011101 010110101 010111010 01110111 0101110110 111101 11110101 01110111 01010111 011100101 01110111 01010101 11010101 110101 11110101 01010111 11110011 01110111 11010111 11010110 01010101 011101 11110111 10010111 01000111 11010111 01010101 011100111 01010101 110101 11011011 11011001 110101001 00110011 10010101 10111101 01110101 101101 10010111 11010111 11110101 01001101 11011111 110100101 110111001 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, slow, he are repeated.
The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Churchyard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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