This is an analysis of the poem The Bottom Drawer that begins with:
In the best chamber of the house,
Shut up in dim, uncertain light,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdede XaaaXece fgbgfhXh higiaede hcXcbXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00110001 11010101 11101101 01010101 11010111 110000101 11111101 11010101 010111000 110101001 011101001 01010111 11010111 01010101 01100101 01110101 11001101 10010111 11010111 11101101 10010111 01010111 01010101 01010101 01110001 010101001 01111001 11110001 110101001 11111111 11111111 01111101 11011001 11110100 11100111 11100111 11110101 110101110 11011001 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, a, their are repeated.
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- summary of The Bottom Drawer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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