This is an analysis of the poem Effects At A Distance that begins with:

THE queen in the lofty hall takes her place,
The tapers around her are flaming;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b X XXX c cc c a aXX d ed e a aff c gc g X efX h hh X e eee h ah a h hhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,3,1,2,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101101 010010110 11001100101 11111110 11011 1110100 11010110 1010010110 01001011010 0101101 10110111111 01010100 11001 11011 110110110 1010010110 0110101101 11010010 1100111011 11111110 1101 001010 111010010 010111110 110101011 001011010 010101111 1011011010 01110 101001 111010000 11011001 0010101111 110010010 1110101001 1010111010 11001 100101 1011110110 1011100110 101101001111 111010010 1100110101 1010010010 101001 11111 1011011010 0101101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, that are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Effects At A Distance;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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