This is an analysis of the poem In An Underground Dressing Station that begins with:

Quietly they set their burden down: he tried
To grin; moaned; moved his head from side to side....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa abbacXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011110111 0111010101 1101010111 1111110111 01000101101 1001010101 111101001110 1 1 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In An Underground Dressing Station;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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