This is an analysis of the poem The Mysterious Visitor that begins with:
THERE was a sound of hurrying feet,
A tramp on echoing stairs,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb Xcdc eaea fded gege abhb gggg igjg aXfg XiXi gkek fdad ghXh kbXb ghah bfif biXi aiai eeee Xfjf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101001 0111001 110101010 0101001 11110111 010101 11000101 110101 11011101 110101 01010101 110101 11110101 110111 11011101 111101 11010101 010111 11011101 111101 11010101 010101 11011101 010011 01010101 011111 01011101 010101 1101010101 010101 11010101 010101 11010111 10011000 11010101 011101 11011101 011101 11010101 110101 10010101 011111 11010101 110111 11010001 110101 11010111 010101 01111011 110111 11000101 110101 110111001 110111 10010100 111101 01010101 110100 11010111 010011 10010101 111111 1101011 111111 11000101 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 101100101 110101 11011101 010111 110101110 110101 01010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
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- summary of The Mysterious Visitor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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