This is an analysis of the poem The Arrow-Slit that begins with:
I clomb full high the belfry tower
Up to yon arrow-slit, up and away,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd XeAX Xbbb XeAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101010 1011011101 11111111110 001101111 1111011101 11110101 1101001101 111101101 1111001101 110100101 10111001010 100111001001 1010111001 111101000 1110100101 111111111 11111001001 1100110101 10111001010 1100100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her are repeated.
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