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

All night long, by a distant bell,
The passing hours were notched... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacbcb ddXX efefeXgeg bbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110101 0101001 1011010111 1010111 001110110111 101010001 0010101 11010001 1111101 11111001101011111 1011010010010101 1011001011100111 1100101001011010 11100101 1001001 0011110111 111001101 00101110101 10101001100 01010111 101010101 0010010100 11111001101011111 1011010011010111 0010110110101001 10101010111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, in, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fear is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Window;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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