This is an analysis of the poem Deptford that begins with:

Well is it, shrouded Sun, thou spar'st no ray
To illumine this sad street! A light more bare... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbc dedefef Xghgggg ggggigi XfeXjfj bhbhehe kfkfbffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011111 01000110111 1101010101 0101010111 01011011001 01010110001 11110101001 0111001111 01001010101 1001010111 11111000011 1001011001 1001010101 0101010011 1111010001 1101110001 1111110100 1001010101 1101011101 001000111001 01001111111 1111010101 1001010011 1101110111 1100111101 0100010111 1111001001 01010001101 1011110110 1101001101 1101101101 11110011100 0101011101 0111010101 1101111111 1101011101 0100111010010 1101110111 110110110010 0100011101 1100110110 0101010101 1001011101 1101010011 1101001011 1011110101 1101101111 0101111111 1101001101 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word me is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Deptford;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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