This is an analysis of the poem In The Carlyle House, Chelsea that begins with:

Up the steep stair they clatter to each room,
In whispered merriment they pierce the gloom...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccddbbee ffeeeegg bbhhiiee bbjjkk bbeEjjbbee kkhhddXeeeEjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,8,6,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011110011 0101001101 0111010011 0101011101 1101110101 0111110001 1111110011 1101010101 1111110101 1001110101 0011010101 0100010111 1011011101 1101011101 1111110101 0101010101 0101010111 0101010111 1111110101 1101001101 1101010001 0101011101 1111010100 0111101101 0011010101 11001110101 1011110101 0101011101 0110111111 1101111011 1111110101 10110010111 1110010101 1001010101 1111011101 1101011111 1111010101 0101010101 0101010101 01011100101 0101010111 1101010101 1001010111 1101010101 0111000101 11001010101 1111001111 0101011011 0101011101 1111010101 1101010101 10010100111 1001011001 10111111111 0101010101 01011100101 1001010111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to, his, and, in, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of In The Carlyle House, Chelsea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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