This is an analysis of the poem Visits To St Elizabeths that begins with:
This is the house of Bedlam.
This is the man...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bA abA cabA dCAbA edCAbA eedCAbA FEEdcAbA fFEEdcAbA gffEedcabA GGfFeedcAbAXgGGfFeedcAbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001010 0001 11001010 0001 00101 11001010 00011 1001 001001 11001010 00010 1001 1101 00101 11001010 00010101 11010 1001 1101 00111 11001010 1100101001 011100101 11010 1001 1101 00101 11001010 0001001101 11010101 10010101 01010 1001 1101 00101 11001010 00010111 0001001101 11010101 10010101 001010 1101 1101 00101 11001010 00011101 010010101 10101001101 11010101 100100101 101010 1101 1101 001001 11001010 1100101101 111011101 010010111 0001001101 110100101 00010101 101010 1101 1101 001001 11001010 000101001 1100101101 111011101 010010111 0001001101 110100101 100100101 001010 1101 1101 00101 11001010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; this, of, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, that are repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word bedlam at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Visits To St Elizabeths;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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