This is an analysis of the poem Alkali Hall that begins with:
When Lord Landseeker came out West to have a look around,
And spend a little money if the right thing could be found,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffXgXb ddhheeii hXiiaadd ddhhddhX eeddaajj aaddiiaX kkkkkkgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11100111010101 11010100011101 11010101110111 01110100010101 11010101011001 1111110010101 11110101110010 11000100010001 1010101010111111 1110010100010101 1110101011101010 0010101000100010 101111110100101 101010101110100 110101010010110 11010111110001 01110101010101 101010100010001 1010101001100001 111000101011001 01110101111101 101000101010111 11010101010001 101010101110111 101010101010101 1110001011010101 101110101110101 111000100010101 101110101010001 01010101010101 111010100010101 1111001100010111 010111010011101 11100101010101 11110010010101 101110101110101 101010101110101 101100111010101 101011101110101 101010111011101 01001101110101 10101010010000001 1110111001011111 101010101011111 111011101010101 101010100011101 00101110110101 10101010110101 001001101010101 10100010110101 1110101000101001 1010010001010001 10101001010101001 1011101010010101 101010100110101 111000101010101 01010101010001 0110101010110101 111110101110101 11100011110101 111010101110101 111010100010001 1111011101010101 111110101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, his, and, he, nor, for, of, in, every, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they, though are repeated.
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- summary of Alkali Hall;
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