This is an analysis of the poem In Egypt that begins with:

All day the wife of Pharaoh had paced the palace hall
Or the long white pillared court that was open to the sky;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dddd efef ghgh ijij chch klkl kgkg kjkj khkh bdbd glgl hmhb gaga hehe mXbn fbfb ngnX ibib oXob clcl aaaX baba khkh mbbb pkXX bhbh ndnX gggX cacX gfgf gdgd lala bkbk bkbX dddd bhbX fpfX chch kdkd acac Xfgf cicX hmhb cgcg Xiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010110101 10111011110001 01001100010001 11101010011111 11101010110101 110101000101001 11111110111111 01111101011111 01011100101101 101010111111111 11100110010111 11110101111101 011101011100101 10110011111101 11110101100111 01010100010111 110100111010101 11110101110101 11010101111101 11110110110101 11110100110111 01110001111110 11010101010101 010001000101010 01011101010101 011000100010111 01010101011101 00101010010101 01111101110011 11101010110101 11110100011111 11011100110011 11010111010111 10100010110001 11011100010101 11011101111111 01110101010011 01011110111010 111010101100111 110111010100010 110101000101001 10011110010101 10101110110001 11010101111101 11011101110111 10101110110101 101011110010111 110111101111101 11010100011111 01110101010101 11010111110101 11110101110111 11010111010001 01010100010100 111111001110111 10101011010101 11011101010101 11010101110111 11010111111101 111000101010111 11110111110101 10111111010111 111100101010101 01010101111101 110110011111100 10111111010111 100101101101110 1101010011101 11010101010111 11110101110111 11111110111101 111101011111011 11111111111101 11011001010111 11111101110101 11101010110111 11011101110111 11010101111101 11101010110011 11100010111111 111101000101001 111010011111100 11011100101001 11111001110111 11001111111110 10100111110111 01111111110011 11010001111111 110111010110001 11011101010101 11110101111111 100101111001010 01001101110101 110000101010111 01010101110011 01010111110000 11010111110111 1110111101111 11110111010101 110001000101001 11010101110100 11010111010111 11100110110101 110100110111101 01111111111111 00110101010001 010100101110101 10101011001010000 111011100110101 01110101110101 11010101111111 01010101110011 10111101111011 01110101010111 111111001011101 0010101011101110 111101010011111 01001110101111 11010111010001 11111010110111 11110101110011 11110101010110 11010111110101 10101110111101 110110101110011 10101110111011 11001101110101 11110101111011 1101011110101 110101110100111 11111011011111 11011101110101 11111100100101 01000101010101 11010101110111 11111110010101 11111110111101 11011101010001 110011000101100 10010100110101 11111111110111 11111011111101 110101010010001 11110111111011 110010100010101 11111101010111 11111110010101 110101111101101 11111101001101 110111110111001 010011011011101 011101010010101 10010101010111 10110101010101 10111101111101 11011101010111 11010101010101 10111010110001 11010101110111 11010101110111 110101010101001 01010100010001 10111010010101 11000101111101 10101010010111 01010101111101 11011101111101 11110101110001 11010101011000 010111010010101 11010101111101 01011101110011 10110101111001 11000101111111 11110101011101 11010100010111 01010101011001 101101101010100 11101011010101 11010101110001 01110101111100 11011111110001 01010101110001 11011111011101 1111011111011 0100101011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 189
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, gods, of, to, with, had, ', he, all, thy, i, my, heart, in, thou are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, then, she, 'but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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