This is an analysis of the poem Bayswater.W. that begins with:
About me leagues of houses lie,
Above me, grim and straight and high, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbcb dddd eece ffgf Xhgh iidi aXga jjkj ddcd jjgX bbdb llal lldX eehe jjaj kkfkXddfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110101 01111111 11010011 11110101 11110101 11010101 10110101 01111111 11110011 11010001 01010101 01010011 11111101 11010101 11011101 01010001 11110101 01011111 01010101 01010101 01010101 01110101 00110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01011111 01010001 11110111 11011000 01010001 10010101 01110100 111000101 11000111 011101001 01011101 11110101 10110101 010100111 01110101 1101111 11010101 01011100 01011101 01010001 11011101 11010001 11000111 11010111 11010111 01010101 11111101 01011101 11010101 01110101 010011101 100010101 11010100 01001001 11010100 01010101 10010101 11010100 11111111 10010111 01000101 11110101 10011101 11101101 11100101 01000111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words and, sometimes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Bayswater.W.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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