This is an analysis of the poem The Palace that begins with:

Grimy men with picks and shovels
Who in darkness sweat unseen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ddddee dfdfXX bXbabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 1010101 10111010 1010101 101010110 10101010 1010101 1110101 110011 1010001 0011101 1111100 1011111 0110011 1111101 1010101 1010111 0110011 1110101 00111110 1011101 10111110 1110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; would is repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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