This is an analysis of the poem In Laleham Churchyard that begins with:

'Twas at this season, year by year,
The singer who lies songless here... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, its, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, the, its, too are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase flows connects the lines.

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  • summary of In Laleham Churchyard;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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