This is an analysis of the poem An Inventory Of The Furniture In Dr. Priestley's Study that begins with:
A map of every country known,
With not a foot to call his own.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXddXbbXfa abbddggddXXhcffiXddhhjjjjccaaffkkiikXll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,39,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010100101 01010101 01011101 10110101 11010011 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01010001 101101111 11011100110 010001110 110101110 01110101 11011101 01010111 110111011 1101011100 11001011110 11010111 01010101 110101110 111111110 01010011 11000101 01010101 10110111 101101110 010101010 100101010 100111111 11111101 01010101 010111010 110101011 01011101 110111011 0101001010 010111110 11111101 10010101 10010101 111000111 11011101 11011101 11011101 01110101 01010111 01011111 11010101 110010101 111101010 010111110 11011111 110001110 01010101 10011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1061
- Average number of words per stanza: 195
- Amount of lines: 58
- 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; and, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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