This is an analysis of the poem Fragment that begins with:

At last I entered a long dark gallery,
Catacomb-lined; and ranged at the side... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb cdcb deedX dXXdeeaff adXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110011100 101111101 0010010111 11010100111 11010111 10110100101 11110111 10010011 1011101111011 1011001111 1101101001 101101101111 11010110110 10110101 101111010111010 001111110 101101 1011110101 0010100011 01110100 0111111001 01010101 1011110100 111101011 110101110 001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; waiting, know, to, it, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, to are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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  • central theme;
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