This is an analysis of the poem Brothels that begins with:
These lanes, these marts of rich delights,
Precious lives, undone, defiled;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbC XadC adaC dXeC cdaC aXbC dadC bbXC ebbCXcabC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 10101100 11001001001 11111010101 11011101 01010101 1010101 11111010101 11010101 11001111 11011111 11111010101 0101011001 100101101 1010101 11111010101 10011101 1110111 1010101 11111010101 010100101 01011101 1010101 11111010101 10010101 0101101 101111 11111010101 000100111 1011101 110110110101 11111010101 11101001 1011001 01011001 11111010101 1110101 1011111 11010101 11111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; these, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, these are repeated.
The author used the same word these at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ways at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Brothels;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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