This is an analysis of the poem Adultery that begins with:

We have all been in rooms
We cannot die in, and they are odd places, and sad....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cad eba cee Xff Xfg gXd hXi XdX XcdXihh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 1101011111011 1010011010111 001110100110 110001110110101 1011010010110 1101111110 0110111 101101010001 01111110100 111011110 01111101110 0111010111 101111011 001011 010101101 1111111 001001010 1111010 10010111111 0111010 11010011010100 1011001011 0100111011 101101 110110111 101111 10011011 011111011 111110111110 11100111 1101111 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; in, or, of, by, please are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, of are repeated.

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

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

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