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

Out in a night of cold and gloom
I spied a little lirelit room;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcXcd eeccffgghhidbiicchhcdXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 110101001 110101001 10110111 010111111 11011111 11110101 110101011 11110101 01110 11010101 100100101 01010101 01010111 010101111 11110101 01111101 11000111 101111111 11110011 100111111 01101100 11111100 11011101 01010101 11111101 01000101 11111111 01010101 10010011 110 11010111 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; ' is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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