This is an analysis of the poem The Painted Ceiling that begins with:

My Grandpapa lives in a wonderful house
With a great many windows and doors, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cded dfef cded Xfgf cfaf bhgh Xefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001001001 001101011 11111111111 111001001 101001101011 101011011 11011011101 01001011 11011001011 01011101 10110111011 11011101 11011011011 111101011 011101111111 101011001 11011011101 011110011 111111111001 011011011 111111001111 111111111 01001001011 101111101 101011001101 111011111 11011111111 011001001 001011111101 001011011 11001111111 001001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of, to, i, you are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Painted Ceiling;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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