This is an analysis of the poem The Vault--After Sedgmoor that begins with:

You need not call at the Inn;
I have ordered my bed:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc eeeeffff cXcgdbdb bgbgadad dhdhhXhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 111011 110101 101001 110101 111101 1100010 1101 111111 11011 011101 111001 1011111 11111 011111 0111 1100101 1110 111101 0101100 11101111 00101 11100111 00111 010111 1101 111111 1111 111111 1100101 110101 0111 1111001 0111 10111001 01101 10110111 111100110 1111101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, once, shout are repeated.

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

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