This is an analysis of the poem The Drunkard's Vision that begins with:
A public parlour in the slums,
The haunt of vice and villainy,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdede fgfgXece deaeaehe ijijbjbj hgkgkljl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001 01011100 11110101 11110101 11011101 11111111 01010111 11110101 10010111 010111001 01000111 11001101 11010101 11010001 11011100 11010101 11010001 11011101 01010101 01011101 11011111 11010001 01011101 11111101 11011101 11010111 11010001 11011110 11010101 111111001 01011101 01010111 11010101 11010101 11111111 11010001 11111111 10010101 11111101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, sees are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Drunkard's Vision;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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