This is an analysis of the poem The Accursed Cherub that begins with:

Bluish roofs and white doors
As on nocturnal Sundays, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcc aadaXaadbX X X XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 1101011 1011 0101101 1001 011110 010010 111110101001 1011000110110 1010110100 11011101 101101 10010101 01110101 10100 01001 10010 11011010 110100100 1101111 110111111 11011010 10110010 111110 10010110 11100110 1011010 11101100 11101010 111111 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word la is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines t is repeated).

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