This is an analysis of the poem The Chamber Over The Gate that begins with:
Is it so far from thee
Thou canst no longer see,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaBbccD eeffaaD ccbbeeD bbddaaD ggbbccD cchhBXD iihhaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001101 111101 00101001 111100 101101 1011011 110011 001101 110101 001101 101011 101101 0010001 110011 101111 1010111 1010111 01101001 110101 0110101 110011 0010111 011101 1011111 101001011 1010100 1010101 110011 11110010 0101010 111101 01001001 010011 010001 110011 111001 110111 011101 0111011 00101001 111000 110011 1100101 101101 1001001 1001001 10100100 1111111 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, over, ours are repeated.
The author used the same word is at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word son at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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More information about poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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- Analysis of The Bells Of San Blas
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