This is an analysis of the poem The Squire’s Pew that begins with:
A SLANTING ray of evening light
Shoots through the yellow pane ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff beXXaa ghghdd iaiXff gbgbff ajajee ffffbb kdkddd jjjjdd fjfjaa babadXXececdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 110101 01010101 110101 01010111 00111101 11110101 1100101 01010001 111101 110010111 110010101 10010101 010110 11010111 101101 11011101 01000101 01011111 101111 01010101 100101 11010101 010011101 11010101 1100011 11010111 010101 11000101 01010101 110101010 011111 100010001 010101 11010111 01110101 01010101 111101 01100101 010101 110010101 01011101 11010111 0100111 01010111 111001 11010001 11010101 11011111 110101 01000101 110101 10010101 01010101 11010101 101101 11000101 0101001 11010111 11110001 01110111 010101 01110101 111101 01010101 01010101 010011101 010101 11010101 110101 110010101 01010101 11010101 101101 11010101 1101011 11010111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Squire’s Pew;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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