This is an analysis of the poem The Voices Of The Death Chamber that begins with:

The night lamp is faintly gleaming
Within my chamber still,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe dghgijkJ klXlXjdJ mnfnjjXJ incnhjdJ jfdfajijXmgiganhn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010 011101 10101011 110101 11111010 110111 11111110 011101 1111110 110111 0101010 100111 1011110 111111 00100110 110101 11101010 010101 1001110 011111 1101010 111111 1111010 1110101 01010110 111011 01001010 110101 0101011 010101 11100011 110101 0101110 0101001 0111010 010111 1111010 111011 1110010 1110101 11111001 111101 10101110 011111 11111010 010101 11101110 111101 11111010 110011 1011110 011101 1011110 110101 10101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, of, me are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Voices Of The Death Chamber;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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