This is an analysis of the poem Ken that begins with:
The town is old and very steep
A place of bells and cloisters and grey towers,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbdecde ffgghhhii cbcjjjb kklffkl gXgXgghhgffgkX cmmcff iikkhmhXmkkkbbbm efefiijjffiXddkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,9,7,7,14,6,16,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 01011101110 1111010011 01010101010 0011110101 10110110110 1001010101 0101010111 1011011101 01011001 1000101100101 11110111 10010111 11110101 01000101 001111 00010111 11011111 11011111 11110111 11011101 01110101 01011111 11111101 100101101 11111001 11010101 110011100 01110101 10011101 11101111 11010101 110011101 10010101 101011111 110100110 01011111 11110101010 11111101 01010101 00110101 11010111 10100101 11111001 1011111111 10010001 1100011101 100100 1011 11101001110101 010111011 1110100111111 1111111101 11011011111 1101 01110001 11010101 010111 1101111101 01001101 0100011101 110101 0111010101 1101 11000101 01010101 0111101 1011 0101 111101001 1011110101 11011101 11110101 1101 1101 0111010001 1011 11111101 11011011 1101 1111 1111 10111011 10111111 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, to, i, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, he are repeated.
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- summary of Ken;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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