This is an analysis of the poem An Inn that begins with:
IT is an inn there is
At the cross-roads of Chétives-Maisons,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb ccdX aeb bbab ffgd hXbiXaXiXc gjgj fkib kalc macde jfi aa kbhaka aag bcla cdccblim ea dbeaj fefbae jX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,4,10,4,4,4,5,3,2,6,3,4,8,2,5,6,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001110 101101010 001100111 110101 11010100010 1101011101 1101101010 111100 00110100101 100110100 0110010111 1111010111 11010100100 0011000111 1001010100 1001010101 11011111010 1111010101 11110101001 1101011011 100101010 110111010 11011101 001101 011111 01111011 111110101 11000011101 1101010 010111 1101010 01010101 11110 11011100 1010101 10101 01110 01100001 01011101 0111011101 01010101 1101011110 1111110101 10010110001 0111010101 1101011111 10010111 0100110101 110101 11010001 11111011010 1101010101 0101001 11010111 110101010010 01010010111 110111 100101 010101110 0011000111 11011100 01111101 0101010101 1111111101 1111010011111 1111011001 1111110101 11110101110 1111010111 1101110100010 1101111111 1111111111 11110111111010 1110001 0110001 111111 010011 110101 11110111 0111011 11011101 110010101101 10110111010 1101110111111 11010111 001011111 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, her, of, he, i, my, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, only, and, his, begins, he are repeated.
The author used the same words his, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase eyes connects the lines.
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