This is an analysis of the poem A Study In Gray that begins with:

I step from the door with a shiver
(This fog is uncommonly cold)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb acacc ababb dcdcc efeff bbbbb ebeXb bgbgg ehehh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010010 01011001 111110110 01001011 001011111 111011010 11001001 1011011110 11101001 111111101 1111011010 01001111 0011111110 11101101 101111011 110111010 11001011 0011110110 11101111 11011001 011100110 11011001 110010010 11101001 11001101 011111110 11111001 111110110 110001001 111000111 011111110 11001101 111010110 011011110 101001011 010110110 11000101 1010010110 1101101 101011001 011110010 11001001 111111010 01011001 01101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of A Study In Gray;
  • central theme;
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