This is an analysis of the poem In The Stalls that begins with:

My life is like a music-hall,
Where, in the impotence of rage, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ababa cXcdc edeXeXaeaeA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 10010001 11010011 11110101 10010101 11110101 11111100 11010111 00110111 01010101 11011111 10010001 11010101 01010101 11011111 01100101 01011101 1010101101 10111100 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of In The Stalls;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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