This is an analysis of the poem Room 6: The Little Workgirl that begins with:

Three gentlemen live close beside me --
A painter of pictures bizarre,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ececfdfd ghaheded iXidjdjd gagaeded eaeaidXd akakegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110011011 01001001 010110111 01011001 111110010 11111011 110010110 11011001 1100110010 11011011 110110010 11011011 110110110 11001011 111111010 11001001 010110110 01010001 111011111 11011101 111111010 11011001 111111010 01001001 111110010 110010000100 011110010 11001101 110110110 01111101 111010010 01001001 010110010 01101001 010110010 01001111 101011110 11001111 110110110 01011001 111011010 11111001 110111110 11011011 110011010 11111001 01001010 11001101 11110101 010111110 11011101 110111010 01010101 110001010 01110111 011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, i, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i, then, his are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word babette at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Room 6: The Little Workgirl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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