This is an analysis of the poem Behind The Bar - A Desecration Of Tennyson that begins with:
Gray eyes and gamboge hair!
One barmaid of 'The Crown'!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXcXc bXbXdada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110011 1011010101 111101 11011101110 111101 1111011101 0111 110111 110101 0101011101 0100 1101110111 010101 1111010111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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