This is an analysis of the poem The Drawbridge Keeper that begins with:

Drecker, a drawbridge keeper, opened wide
The dangerous gate to let the vessel through;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ghghaa ijijkk blblcc hahaaa Xalacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110101 01001010101 0101110101 0101010111 1001010101 1101000101 1111010101 0111110101 1011010101 1011010011 1001010101 0101111001 10111001001 1101110101 1101100101 11011000101 1111011111 1111111101 1101011111 1110010101 0101010101 0111110111 1111010111 1001011101 1101010111 1001101101 1001110101 1001011111 1111110001 0101010101 1101111001 1101010111 1101110111 0101110101 0100010111 1011110011 1011010100 0101000110 0110010110 1111111101 1111110101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, to, his, and, as are repeated.

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  • summary of The Drawbridge Keeper;
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