This is an analysis of the poem The Staircase Of Notre Dame, Paris that begins with:

As one who, groping in a narrow stair,
Hath a strong sound of bells upon his ears, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXXcbdcbd
  • 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: 1111000101 1011010101 1101010101 1101010011 1001110111 1010111111 1101010110 0001010100 0101010101 0101010011 1101010101 1110111101 0101010101 1111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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  • summary of The Staircase Of Notre Dame, Paris;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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