This is an analysis of the poem Before A Fall that begins with:

And what was the big room he walked in?
  The big room he walked in,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabca bbX bdeddcadfd efa XbgacX gddhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,10,3,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011110 111110 10011 10011 1011 111010101 10101 11010 111001010111 11101 1010 1111011 10001 111010 110010 11011 11010 1010 10101001 10101 101011010 11011 1011 1111 10111 101111 10110 110 110010 110 1111 111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Before A Fall;
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