This is an analysis of the poem In Trafalgar Square that begins with:
UNDER the picture gallery wall,
As a sea-leaf clings to a wave-worn rock,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacdceedc dffdgdgdddg chhcihijjhi cddckakhhak lddljejmmej nccncgcllgX lkklccckkcc kckcoboddboXkllkjajeeaj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,23,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100101001 1011100111 1100100101 001011011011 011101101 010101101 11100111 11100111 10101101 111101101 1111101 0111111001 00100110101 111100111 1101100101 11101111111 101101011101 11011011001 11011001111 11111101001 11111110101 0011101 10101100101 00100110111 1111100101 011110101 0110110101 1111011001 011010001011 01111001001 10011111011 111100100 1100101 1111100111 101011101001 1101110111 100101101 011101101 110100111 101100101 1011001111 100101101 1011001101 1111101 11010101 11111101101 1011101011 100111011 111101011 101110101 11101111 1001101001 1011101011 001001101101 1011011 11101001001 0101100101 111001111101 10111101011 1111101101 01101101111 101010100101 00111111101 11101011101 1111011001 10101111 1010110101 101111101101 1111001001 101001111011 11110100011 11110100101 101111011101 1011101111 11101100 111011011 1001111 11001101001 110111101 1111010101101 1100101111 11001001110 11011011001 111000111010 10010101111 1100100111 11100100101 0111010 1110101111 10001011001 0101100101 10101100101 101011111001 1111110011 111111011 1101000101 11111011001 1110110010011 10001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 469
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 99
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, men, by, with, nor, no, more, or, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words men, a, and, no, some are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase men connects the lines.
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