This is an analysis of the poem The Long Room that begins with:

HE found the long room as it was of old,
Glimmering with sunset's gold;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccaabbddaabbeeffXfaagghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 1000101 1101001101 100101 1001010111 100101 10010111001 1100101 1101010101 111001 1001010111 011101 1101010111 0100101 11010011101 111101 01001101101 110101 1101010111 011111 1010100101 010101 1101011001 110001 1101110111 010101 1101111111 110101 1000101101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1060
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Long Room;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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