This is an analysis of the poem The Burden Of Nineveh that begins with:

In our Museum galleries
To-day I lingered o'er the prize... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabccccdeeXXfXXggdhhhhXiiiidjjjjbkkkkdllllbccccdiiiibmmmmdnaaabiiiidoooobjjjjdannafiXiidccccfbbXbdmmmmflllldiiiifaanndjjjjfiiiidannnbkkkkdccccbhhXhdbbbbbiiiidjjjjfXjjjdiiiiflllldccccbnnaadbbbbbiiiid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 200,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010100 011101001 111000101 01110011 0100100101 10111101 11010111 11110111 11010100 0110100 01010101 11011101 110111010 11110100 011000100 01000101 10010011 01110101 110100111 01010100 01001110 11011101 11001101 01011010 11110100 11111101 11101101 01110111 11011101 11011100 11011101 110011101 101110101 00110111 01011001 11010111 110101001 11010101 010101001 11110100 11011101 01010111 11110101 11111101 11001111 11111111 11011111 01111101 11111011 101010100 11101101 11110101 10010001 01111011 101011111 01110101 01110111 11001101 011100001 10000100 01111101 10001111 11010101 11100001 01001101 01110111 11111111 01010101 11010111 10110100 11110101 10110101 01000100 01011111 11010100 11010001 01011110 11011101 01001101 11011100 11001100 10110101 11110101 01001100 11010100 11010101 01111110 11001001 01011011 11010100 10110101 01010111 10111101 11110111 11010100 11011111 11010101 11011101 11110001 10111100 10110001 01110111 11010011 110011011 01110100 11111111 11010101 11010111 10110111 10011100 01010101 110010101 11001101 11111101 100101000 110110100 011101011 11000101 010100101 010100100 01010111 11000101 110100011 11010001 01001100 01110101 01000101 01011001 11110101 11010100 011110111 11010101 01011100 00010001 11111101 11010111 11110101 10010111 10110101 11111100 10010111 10010111 01110101 11001101 11011101 110110111 11001111 101010100 01111001 01010100 11110111 11110101 01110101 01110101 01010101 11011001 11110101 01011111 01110111 00110100 11111111 11010111 11110001 01010101 01011100 11011101 01111111 11000111 11110111 01010100 11111101 110100101 11110101 110010101 11010100 11110111 01001111 11000101 11010101 01010100 10110111 11010011 01001011 01011111 11110110 11000101 01111111 11101101 11011101 10010100 01111011 01110111 11011111 11110101 110010101 01011001 01011101 11010111 11001011 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6968
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1260
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • 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; and, what, no, this, from, of, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, the, what, as, no, his, its are repeated.

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  • summary of The Burden Of Nineveh;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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