This is an analysis of the poem The Cellar Door that begins with:
By the old tavern door on the causey there lay
A hogshead of stingo just rolled from a dray,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccaa ddeeddffaa ccffddccXa ggffhhhhii jjffkkddcc hhllccXamm llbbaannaa hhmmooaaXc ffnnaakkaa ffhhaaffcc ddiiddddff ccpphhhhmm ppppffnnXX ddhhccddcc aaqqnnaarrXmmccddhhrr
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,21,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101101101011 01001011001 11101101001 11101011001 11101011101 111101011001 11001011011 111101001001 11111111011 111011110001 01011011011 001111101001 0011010110011 11111001001 11101001001 111111011001 01101101001 1111011011101 11101111011 1111011110101 11111111101 11111011011 101011101011 001101011001 111111111001 11101101001 101001111001 111011111001 101101001010 11001001001 101111101111 1010111110101 01101101011 11111111001 101011101001 011011111101 101111101011 11110001011 101101101101 111101001001 11001001111 11101001101 111101111101 101111011011 11101011101 101111111101 11011011011 110011001101 11011001101 101111111011 101111101011 101011111011 11101011111 11101101001 01011111011 101001011011 1110110111010 11101101101 11111001001 11101011011 01011001011 101101101111 01011011101 001101001001 101011011101 01010111001 101011001001 111001011101 11101001001 001011011011 11111101001 101011101111 111111011001 111111011011 1010110011011 11111011001 101101111001 11001011011 110110010110 01001011001 11101111011 1001110101101 100111011111 101101001011 101111011001 11011111001 101101101011 11001101011 011001101101 11001011101 101011001011 011111001001 111011101011 111111111111 111101011001 101001111011 1010110111111 11101001001 101011001011 101011111111 11001011001 011011111001 101001011101 1010110011001 11101101101 111011101011 11011101011 11101111011 101101001101 101101011101 111011111111 101011101011 11011101011 101011101011 11101001101 101011011001 01011001101 11001101101 01001111001 111101011111 101001011111 101111111101 111011001111 101101011001 101001101101 11101101101 11011101011 11111111010 101001001011 101101011001 101011001101 11001011001 11101101101 101111111011 01011001101 11111011101 101111111001 111011001001 101001101111 111111011001 101011111011 11101011011 111011101001 110110101101 01011011011 11111011101 11101011101 101101111001 1100101111010 111111110010 01111011001 101001101011 01101101101 11111101101 001101011001 101001101101 101001011101 11101111101 1011010110010 111110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 160
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, to, and, your, as, his, said, he, i've, old, or, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word together at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Cellar Door;
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- history of its creation;
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