This is an analysis of the poem A Slight Misunderstanding At The Jasper Gate that begins with:
Oh, do you hear the argument, far up above the skies?
The voice of old Saint Peter, in expostulation rise?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXcbcddeeffgfbf ddddbbhXgX bbddiiabhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11110100110101 01011100100001 101110101011101 101010101111100 111010101010111 111010101011101 00101010101111100 101011101011111 0010101010101010 001010100111101 11110101110111 11010101110111 1010101111100010 1011101010011010 111010101110111 1011101010100101 1010101011101010 1010101110101001 1011101010111010 101010101010101 11110101011101 11110111111101 001100101010101 111010111110111 111010101010001 101010111011101 00101001011111110 111010101011101 1001101010100010 101010101010100 11110101111101 011001001110101 101110111010101 111011100111101 101010101111101 111001101110011 0010011011101010 001010101110101 1010001010101010 111010101110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 841
- Average number of words per stanza: 159
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, he, s, to, of, it, by, and, or, that, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word by is repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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