This is an analysis of the poem Constable M‘carty’s Investigations that begins with:
Most unpleasantly adjacent to the haunts of lower orders
Stood a ‘terrace’ in the city when the current year began,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac Xdbdecec efefagag eaXhijij kfkfbXbh kfkfkjki XcXcXbkb XlXXbbbb bmbmcjci ececbXbX XfifXheh cbcbXXXXXececelel
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001000101010 101000101010101 1010101010100110 001011101010100 1010001011111010 100011101010101 1111101010100110 10100100010101 101011101101000 10100010110101 1110101000101010 101000100010001 1010101010101010 101000101010101 1110001110101010 101010100010101 1110111110111010 101010101010101 1110111000101010 101110101111001 1010011011101010 101001110011001 1110101011101010 101001101010111 1101010111010010 111010100010101 111101010100010 111110101110101 1010011011101010 1010101011100101 1110101010111010 1101101010100001 1110101000101010 111010111010111 110111110101010 101010101010101 1010011100101010 111001001010101 1110001000101010 101100101010100 1010011010101010 101010101010101 1111101010101010 11101011101101 1010011010111010 101010101010110 01101001010100010 111011101000100 1101111001001000 101110100010001 10101011101000100 10101110001001001 1110111010101100 101010101011101 1010101000100010 101000100010101 1010001010111010 101110001111111 1011101010101100 101110101010101 11011011101010 101110101110101 1011101010101010 101010101010101 1010101010110110 111010101010101 1010101110101010 101110101010111 0010101010101010 111010101010011 110001110110010 101100100010100 1010101010001010 101011101010101 1010101010101010 1101010101010101 110101011111010 111010100110101 1010011000111011 101000101110010 101110101010110 111011101010101 1110001010101110 101001101010101 111011110101010 101011001010001 1010101010111010 111010101011001 10101010110110 101010101110011 1010001000101010 111110101111110 1010011011101010 101010101110001 1100111000100010 101011111010100 110101011100010 111110101110101 1010111111111010 101010110010001 1010111010101010 111010101010101 10100101010101010 100010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 484
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, of, in, his, he, constable, and, with, seen, him, for, to, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, seen, for, now, he are repeated.
The author used the same words he, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Constable M‘carty’s Investigations;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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