This is an analysis of the poem What The Chimney Sang that begins with:

Over the chimney the night-wind sang
And chanted a melody no one knew;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcccX ABbbbX ABbbbX ABddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100111 1100100111 1010110111 1100111111 111010111 11010010 100100111 1100100111 1010111101 11110100111 1010101111 111010010 100100111 1100100111 10111110101 100110101 110011101 111010010 100100111 1100100111 1010101111 111101111 111011100 01110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 word and is repeated.

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

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

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

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