This is an analysis of the poem By The Window that begins with:

STILL deep into the West I gazed; the light
Clear, spiritual, tranquil as a bird ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcbdcefgfh igXeefjbeeb f XbkfjhfaaXccaegeXdfjXfdhkilbl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,11,1,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100011101 1100010101 1111101111 10011111100 1001111101 0111010111 0111010101 0101110100 1011110101 1101010001 0001110111 1111111101 1111 110101 11010100101 100010101010 11000101001 1001011111 1001111101 1000111100 01010101101 01001010101 1111010101 1111111101 0101011111 1101110100 1101010101 11110010101 1111111101 0101101111 1111111101 1111011111 1011101101 0101011101 1101010111 1110011011 1001111101 1111010111 1111011101 11010010111 1101101101 0101100111 1011011001 1101010001 1111010011 1101010101 1101011011 110010010011 1111000101 0101011101 0111011101 0101110111 1001010111 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 613
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, and, eyes, so are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pass is repeated).

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  • summary of By The Window;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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