This is an analysis of the poem Safe In Their Alabaster Chambers, that begins with:

Safe in their alabaster chambers,
Untouched by morning and untouched by noon,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb bcac XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010 0111010111 10110001010 100101101 11010010011 100100101 10110100100 111000101 11000010010 111111001 101110010 101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Safe In Their Alabaster Chambers,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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