This is an analysis of the poem The Flatting-Mill. An Illustration that begins with:
When a bar of pure silver or ingot of gold
Is sent to be flatted or wrought into length, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh fdfdXecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101011011001 01001011001 001011001011 011001101001 1101111001 101101001001 11001011011 11101001001 01101001001 011010011010 111001001011 010010010010 01101011101 01101001001 01101111001 001001001011 011001111001 11011001011 11011011001 11001101001 101111011111 1011101101010 11001011001 1011010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; of, and, to, must, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word like is repeated.
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- summary of The Flatting-Mill. An Illustration;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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