This is an analysis of the poem In The Cathedral Close that begins with:
IN the Dean's porch a nest of clay
With five small tentants may be seen; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dded fgXg bhbX gede bbib Xjfj Xfjf ciXi afhfXcjgj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00110101 01110101 11010111 10010001 11010001 11100011 01111111 1010111 11010101 01010101 11010101 11111111 11010101 11010101 10010111 110111100 010110101 11011111 01011101 11011101 10010101 10110001 11010101 01010101 11010111 11110101 11111101 01001100 11011111 11010101 11011101 10110001 11111101 10011101 111101010 110101001 01010111 01110101 101110001 01111001 011100111 11010101 10110111 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, such are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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- summary of In The Cathedral Close;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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