This is an analysis of the poem Interior that begins with:

In the cool of the night time
The clocks pick off the points ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcded EcEEAdaaAb Xfgc ffhd Xe hXcAif XgXX cecXX eaXXicdXEcEEAb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,4,4,2,6,4,5,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010011 011101 101010 10110 1011 10110 100011 11001 100111010 11111 0010011 11010 001010 110 0010011 101 010101100 0101001101 1110101 1110010 111111011 1010111 111100110 10110 1110111 111111 01110110 101001100 0110 0010011 01001010 0110011 10010100 1110011 101001110 0101110 11000110 1111111 111010000101 010010111 00110100 111010 110010011 11111 111100101 1101101010 101001 0110 100011 1001 100111010 11111 0010011 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; in, chuff are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, in, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Interior;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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