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

It is mine – the little chamber,
Mine alone.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcXcb abdbeeeb efgfgXgf heaeddde edXdcccd XiXieeei hcjceXec bXfjcccj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101010 101 1100110 010 1010111 0110100 1111111 111 1110010 111 10101010 101 11101110 11101110 11101110 101 111001 1101 110101 1101 11100010 10001000 11101010 101 1010101 0101 1111010 001 1010111 1010101 1110101 001 110101 1111 1101110 101 111101 0010101 1111111 101 11101110 111 00111011 011 1010111 1010101 1010011 101 1111111 110 1010101 111 1110111 1011100 1110111 101 0011101 1010 0011100 1111 1011101 1111111 0011101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, would, or, it, and, they are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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