This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts At A Vestibule that begins with:

Here's a vestibule. On holidays
Overcome by slavish fear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabacdebafbafghacacgiabXiihbjXXaafXfcb bbjkhlfj makb mnadcaiobeaaahckcckkbiXia XnXdbebibfhcciffaaahgaoaefldabXfcefocffg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,8,4,25,40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101 1011101 01101000101 1000101 1011111 11100011011 111110101 11101110 11101001101 001111101 10101010 10101111 011110011 100100110 1010101001 1110111 111110111 1010100 101011101 1111101 1110111011011 001001101 1010100110111 111110 1110111 111010 101011101 10111 1110101 011110 111100111001 1110111010 1011101 10111 10111110100 111110101 1010001 0111101010 101011101 1110111 1010001010 111001101 111110001 101010100 100010011 11101010 1011111010 101010101 1001010101 101011011 1011011110 110000111 111010010101 1111111001 01101010101 1100100 111110100 01101110 10101001010 11101001 1010101 10011110010 10100101 0010101 1010101 111000101 1010101 1101100 010011101 101010101001 111110100 101110100 101101101 0010001001 10101010001 11111001 10111001 111010100 00101001 1100101010 0110011010 10111010 101010111 011111 10111011100 01101110101 11101110101 1111110101 10101111 1110101 11101010 111011100 011010111 001111101 0010110011 101110101 111011101 101111001 0011111 1110111 011000111 00100001110011 110010111 1010101010 011010101 0010100110 10100001110 1010111 1110101 111 1111101110 111010101 011010101 10101001 1111111 100011101 11101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 869
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, of, you, to, in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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