This is an analysis of the poem At The Pantomime that begins with:

THE house was crammed from roof to floor,
Heads piled on heads at every door;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbXX ccddeecc ffeeccbb gghhhhdd ddddhhiX hhXXjjii ccddffXf ddhhddaa hhhhbbff iikkffkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 111111001 11010101 11011111 11010101 11010101 11111111 11110100 01010101 01010101 11010111 1100101011 01010111 11100101 10010101 11110101 11110101 11011111 01110101 010101001 11111111 1110101 110100001 11010101 11010101 110100011 11010101 011101001 010100111 11010101 10110101 10011101 111100101 01010101 110110101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01011010 01111111 11010111 01110101 111100010 11010101 110110111 11011101 11010001 01111101 01011101 11111101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11110101 01010101 11110101 11100001 11010001 01011101 01110011 11010111 11010101 01010101 111100101 010101001 010100111 010101001 11110101 11011101 11110101 11010110 010101001 11010101 01110011 10110101 11010101 01010101 01010101 1001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thy, thee are repeated.

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

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  • summary of At The Pantomime;
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