This is an analysis of the poem The Poem On The Wall that begins with:
My clumsy poem on the inn-wall none cared to see.
With bird-droppings and moss's growth the letters were blotched away....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010111101 01101110100101 110101111101001 10110010010110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, to are repeated.
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