This is an analysis of the poem In The Jewish Synagogue At Newport that begins with:

Here, where the noises of the busy town,
The ocean's plunge and roar can enter not,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb debe fgdg beXe hXde bXXc fada aiei Xhed hiXi beXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 0101111101 1111010101 1101010101 1101110101 0101100101 010010001001 11010100101 1100010101 1011111111 1111100100 0011111101 1111001101 0101000101 0011001101 1101110101 01110101001 01010111100 0101010100 1101110101 0101010111 0111010101 1101011001 10010101001 0101000101 0011010100 0111110101 0111010101 1101011101 1101010101 11110101001 1010010011 0101010100 1111000101 1101011101 1111000101 01001010101 1111010001 1111001101 111110101 1001010101 00111100111 1111110101 0101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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