This is an analysis of the poem The Cathedral Porch that begins with:
Towering, towering up to the noon--blaze,
Up to the hot blue, up to blinding gold,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXabacaac deededfXXf addadafddf abbabXgeeg hXihihcbbc jccjcjfbbf fXkfkfXeeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10010010011 1001110101 101100111010 10110010111 0101011101 1011011101 01010011001 100101 111101 0111011010001 1001101101 11010101001 101010100101 1001010101 1011101101 10001011101 11010101001 100100 010100 100111111101 1011110111 10010011111 01011110001 0101010101 0101110101 11010011011 0101110101 100101 111111 110101001110001 001011011001 10010010101 1101110101 10001010011 0101111101 0101011000 0101111101 110001 101011 0101110100111 11011000101 1011110111 0101000111 01001010001 1001011101 110100101001 0101110111 010111 110101 0010001100101 1011010101 1011110101 110010110011 110101011001 001010011001 1101111101 100010101 110101 111101 110111110100 11001101011 01000011000 1001001101 1011000101 1001010100 1101010001 11001000100 100111 111101 011111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, up, to, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.
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- summary of The Cathedral Porch;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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