This is an analysis of the poem The Tower that begins with:
It was deep night, and over Jerusalem's low roofs
The moon floated, drifting through high vaporous woofs. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbbb aaaacccc ddbXbeeccXaaaa ddffggcXcaXccXggcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,14,18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0111110010011 011010111001 011111010101 101110110101 0011010011001 011001010100 01010110001001 10010101010111 1010010100101 1100101010111 1001010011111 10010100100100 1101101010111 1001010110101 11001010111001 111010001111 01000100101101 0111010110101 100101000101101 11001110 1110101 1110010011101001 010001000101001 11001010111001 11011010111111 111101110 1111001 101011010100101 110010101111001 10011010111001 11010011010011001 110000101110111 11011010100101 111111010110101 1110101010111101 100101010100 11110101111111 110101101 1101111 100010111001 0111110100110 00010010101111 010101011101 1101001110100111 10100011100101 11011001101111 100101010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 521
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Tower;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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