This is an analysis of the poem The Call 2 that begins with:

There's an office back in London, and the dusty sunlight falls
With its swarms of dancing motes across the floor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc bbbb dcdcecec fcfcgbgX fgfggegeXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010101010111 00101010101 1010111010110001 10101110101 1101010101111111 10101010101 011011101110111 10101010111 1111111 11010101010111 11011101011101 1010010101111 111010101010101 10111011101 1011110101110101 10111010101 1010111010101101 10101011101 111010101110101 10101011111 101000100010011 11101111011 111011101110001 11101010111 111010101010101 101010110111 101010101011111 1010011010 101011000110111 11101010101 0011111010110101 10111011101 111111111010101 10101010101 101011101001101 10101110111 1111111 101010111110111 001010111010111 101110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their, to, s, la, guerre, apr, there's, that, than, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they'll, there's, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words there's, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Call 2;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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