This is an analysis of the poem The Coal-Fire that begins with:

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COME, we 'll light the parlor fire;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbXcacXcdcdefefXgfafchehXififadadXejdjXfgfXjdjdeeXeXkekeafafXdidiefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111101010 1010111 10111010 1111101 11101010 1010101 10111010 1011001 1 11110011010 10110101101 10110011010 1111001001 10010011010 10010100001 10110111010 1001001011 1 10101010 1000101 10101110 00100111 111110010 1010111 10101011 10100101 1 10110111011 1001001001 10010110111 01101001001 11010010010 1011001001 10111010110 1001011001 1 11101010 1111101 10101110 1010101 11111110 0011101 10101010 1010101 1 11111010110 1001001001 10110010010 10001011001 10111010010 1001011001 10111010100 1011001001 1 110111110 1001111 111011010 1101101 11101110 1010101 11100110 1111101 1 11110011010 1011011011 0010011110010 11001011011 011010010010 01101001001 11111101011010 11011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2504
  • Average number of words per stanza: 452
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, his, of are repeated.

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

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