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

There’s many a house of grandeur,
With turret, tower and dome, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcdC XcecfcdC gXgadchc Xihiccec Xgfghchc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 0101011 1111110 111101 1111110 011101 1011010 1010111 0111111 111111 0101010 111101 1110010 111011 1101010 1010111 0111011 111111 1111110 111101 1001110 010101 0101110 010111 1011011 1001010 10110010 011101 1111110 110111 10101010 1010111 11011110 011101 10111010 111101 11111010 0010101 10101010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; not is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word hot at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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