This is an analysis of the poem The 'Bulletin' Stairs that begins with:
The Mecca of Bohemian men
Was Archibald's untidy den....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcX ccddee aaffaa ccggbb fXXXhh bbXhXb aaXcbb ddiijjXddbbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001001 11000101 11010101 10110101 11010001 11010110 01001101 01011111 11010101 01010101 01010111 11011101 100010100 01010101 11010101 11110101 01000101 11010001 11010101 01011101 11000101 11000111 11010101 01001101 011010101 11000101 11110100 0101111 01010101 11111111 0101101 11010111 11010001 01110101 10010111 01010101 11110101 10110111 10010100 11110100 10011101 111001101 11010111 11001101 11110101 01010101 01010001 01010101 01010101 01011101 11110111 11011101 01010100 01000101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and, in, to are repeated.
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- summary of The 'Bulletin' Stairs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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