This is an analysis of the poem The Dining Room that begins with:

A room with low windows, with brown shades,
Where a Danzig clock keeps silent in the corner;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaX bXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110011 101011100010 01101011010 0101011010 1010110101 10101010110 01010111 0101110010 111011011 11010101101 011101111 101101001111 110101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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