This is an analysis of the poem The Iron Gate that begins with:

WHERE is this patriarch you are kindly greeting?
Not unfamiliar to my ear his name,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac bdbd efef Xege hihi hbhb cjcj gkgk lclc kmkm Xdld aiai klkl hehe knkn mbmb lhlh kikgXeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100101111010 1101001101 110101001010 0111001101 11100101010 1111010111 1100101000110 1111110101 11010101111 11001011101 01010101010 11111011001 01111100010 0101010101 11111111110 0101111101 111000010100 1111110111 01110101110 11001010101 110111111010 1111011111 110100101010 1111010111 110101011001 1001010101 10011101111 0101010001 10110100110 1001010101 110101010110 1111010111 11010111110 01011101001 11110101110 10110101001 11111111010 1101110001 101101010010 1101011101 100101001010 11100100111 101100101110 0101010101 11011101100 1101010101 11010001010 10110100101 11010101010 01111111001 1001001001010 010010101001 11010100010 01010011111 11011101010 0101110101 11010101011 1101100111 10110101011 11001110101 111111010010 0101010101 11110101010 0101000101 01010101110 11110101101 01010101110 0101010111 11110101110 1111110101 11010111010 0111010111 1101010110 11110111001 10111001010 01011101010 11010111010 1101111111 010111001110 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • 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; and, his, him, of, he, its, us are repeated.

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

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