This is an analysis of the poem The City Dead-House that begins with:
BY the City Dead-House, by the gate,
As idly sauntering, wending my way from the clangor,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaaXabaXXcbaXXcXcXacbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011101 11010010110010 11001111111011101 1 01101001011011 10 0011001011010111001 1111010110111101 1101111010010110 100011 101011101110011 110 1010111101010101 111100010010100101 1011100101 110101110111001 11011000010101 010101111011001 1111011111101 1101101011101 101100101101111 1101 1011001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1292
- Average number of words per stanza: 203
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, nor, that, house, all, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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