This is an analysis of the poem The Bed By The Window that begins with:

I chose the bed downstairs by the sea-window for a good death-bed
When we built the house, it is ready waiting,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111011010011 11101001010 01011110010011001 01010110010 01001101010011100 11111010101100 0101111010111010 1100110110 101010010101111 1001111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 554
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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.

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

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