This is an analysis of the poem Raleigh’s Cell In The Tower that begins with:

HERE writ was the World's History by his hand
Whose steps knew all the earth; albeit his world... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaXabXccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11101100101 11110101001 01110101110 1101010111 0101100101 1101011111 011011101110 0101010101 11110101001 0101011101 0101010111 0101010101 11101110001 0100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; his is repeated.

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