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

I saw the fog grow thick,
Which soon made blind my ken;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dece afbf fcXc feXe dXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 111111 011101 110011 011111 101011 011101 110101 110111 111111 111101 010101 011101 010101 110011 1001001 011111 111111 110111 110111 110101 1111110 110101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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

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