This is an analysis of the poem Reflections On Having Left A Place Of Retirement that begins with:
Low was our pretty Cot : our tallest Rose
Peep'd at the chamber-window. We could hear... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdefgXXfeahecibhcagiehX hhjhjaeiebacXeihf kheahifXiacXXXeeaehhXgkhabedhk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,17,30,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011101 1101010111 1101111101 0111000101 1101010101 1101010111 1111010101 0101111101 0100010111 10001011100 0101010101 1001001001 0101011111 0101011111 0011011101 1111011101 111101011 110110101 11000010111 1011010101 1011010101 110110111 0100010100 0101001101 1011011101 101101 100000000111 0111110101 11010011101 1101011011 0111010101 11110010101 11010101101 1101110101 1111010101 1111011101 0101010111 111111110010 0111010110 1111010011 1100001010 1110011001 11001010000 1101111101 1101011101 11100010111 111101001010 11111000101 0101110011 1001101101 1101011101 1111100011 1011111111 1101011101 1100011000 1101111111 0101010101 11110011010 1001010101 1101110100 1111111111 1011010101 0101010101 111101001 10101110101 1101010111 1101110101 1101000111 1111110101 1111011111 0101101011 1011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 792
- Average number of words per stanza: 140
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, when, image, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and are repeated.
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- summary of Reflections On Having Left A Place Of Retirement;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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