This is an analysis of the poem The Open Fire that begins with:

There in the flame of the open grate,
All that is good in the past I see:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaXccdcdcbebeaafbFbAcaXFfgaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100101 110000111 11110101 11100100 11111101 10010101 10100111 101110111 10111111 10101101101 11101101 10110101 11101101 11101101 100100101 101111111 101101111 10101101 10101111 10100111 100100101 1010111 10110101 10110101 10101111 10101101 10110111 10110101 11110101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1058
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lovers, i've are repeated.

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