Ears In The Turrets Hear by Dylan Thomas: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ears In The Turrets Hear that begins with:

Ears in the turrets hear
Hands grumble on the door,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbcbbXcc defddef agbBcaBgc ABcggBXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 110101 100101 010101 111111 0110111 011101 0011 1111011 010101 101101 1011 011101 101101 111101 010101 100101 0111010 100101 110101 111001 001011 1110111 110110 1111011 110101 110101 110111 1110010 1110010 1110111 1001011001 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word shall is repeated.

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

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