This is an analysis of the poem The Chamber Of Faith that begins with:

There's a room in my soul that has long been closed;
Many and many a year has passed... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc DeXdee accXff ebbeXa Dffdaa ghhgcc bXaX ii ehhejj cfXcXk illicc bkXbMm naXnaa akkaff boobkk bffbaa bccbee caacaa dXadff bbbbmm kbbkXc a ffaoo ffffki peepMm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,4,2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101111101 101100111 1111011111 1010111001 001000100101 00100111011 11100101 1011111111 10111110100 1010110111 1110110110 001101101001 1010101111 10100100101 1010110101 1101101100 001111111101 11110101111 111101111 101101101 1101110111 100100101 1010111010 10100100101 11100101 111100101 110101101 110100101 11111001001 1000110111 10101001110 1111011011 101111011 11111111110 1001011001 100100111 11001101111 1010110011100 100100101 110100011 10011101 0010101101 11101101001 111011101 0010101001 01000111111 101011001101 10101001001 010110101 0011100101 00100100100 11011000001 110111000 110100101 11100100101 010011101 110100101 0110011100 1111011101 11111111001 0010110101 1010100101 1110011000 1010100111 101001101001 1110111110 1011001001 0100101111 1101111000 1100100101 110111111 111110101 11001110001 010100101 1100100101 1100101001 11111101 1010111011001 10101101 1111011001 11001001111 110011101 111100101 1110110111 1101011001 110100111 110110101 1011110101 10101001001 0100100101 100110101 01001110001 00101101101 00110100111 10100101011 1110100111 100111101 100110101 1100100101 11110100101 1101001001 111101001001 11100111111 111010110 010101101 11111111111 11111101001 10110101 10111111 001010111 1011111111 111001101 1111101111 1001111001 111001001111 101011011 110111101 1010101101 1110100101 1111001011 1111100111 011011110001 0011100111 011010101 11001011010 110011101 1111100101 101101111001 10101101 10110011010 101010101 110101101 1111010101 011011101 010010101 1110001001 101001101001 1110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 141
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, at, and, on, mother, to, of, i, some, where, all, thy, if, my, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, and, on, some, where, , to, by, in, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word at at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

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

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  • summary of The Chamber Of Faith;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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