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

Four little chests all in a row,
Dim with dust, and worn by time,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABabcdcdccccefeF ghghijijfdfdafaF fgfgcececcccbfXF ebebefXfkgkgefXf cacagegehehehfhF ABablglghehekfkf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 1011111 11011101 1101011 11011111 01010111 11010101 10110101 11011111 1110101 1101111 10000101 11011101 010101 111110101 0010101 11011111 1100101 11010111 0101001 00100101 1010111 01011001 01010101 11001101 1111001 01110101 0010111 11010111 1110101 10110111 0010101 11011111 1010101 01010111 1111111 11100101 1011101 10010101 10000111 1110101 1010111 10000101 10010101 01000101 1010101 110111010 0010101 11010111 0011111 10110111 11011101 11011111 10110101 11110101 1000111 01011101 01011111 01110011 11010101 01110101 0010101 01011101 0010101 01011101 1011111 01011101 10010111 01111101 1011111 10101101 1110111 11011101 1011111 01011111 00100101 11010101 1010101 01010101 0010101 11011001 1011111 11011111 01110011 110101110 11110101 11101010 10110101 11110101 11000101 110101010 11110101 11110111 1010101 11110111 00111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 526
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; in, and, that are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word rain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of In The Garret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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