This is an analysis of the poem In The Public Library that begins with:

Standing on tiptoe, head back, eyes and arm
Upraised, Kate groped to reach the higher shelf. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacdcdccececfcfcfgXgbghihihececeicicijkjkjhahaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111111 10011010101 0111110001 1101010001 1101010001 1101010111 1001110001 1101011111 0101110001 0101011101 10110011101 11011101001 0101110111 0111001101 1111010111 0111010101 0101111111 1001010011 0111010101 0101111101 1101111111 110100110 111001100101 0011010101 11110011101 01110010101 1101010101 0100011101 10101010111 0101100111 1101001101 1101001001 11010001001 1101010011 0111011101 1101010101 0101110001 1101010001 0101010101 0101011101 0101010101 1111010001 1001010110 1101010111 0110000101 1011010111 1101110101 010010100101 1111011011 11001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 391
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; she, to are repeated.

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