This is an analysis of the poem The Lodge-Room that begins with:

Don't bring into the lodge-room
Anger, and spite, and pride.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCbdeXe Cadaffgf abdbfcfc agggabXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011 101111 11010010 0100111 01111110 011001010 101001111 11101010 11010010 101111 1110010 1100001 01010010 01010010 101001010 11111010 11100011 111011 10110010 0101001 1011110 101111010 1001010 11101010 10101011 1111011 0001111 0101111 11100011 101111 11101110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 forget, and are repeated.

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

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