This is an analysis of the poem Of Three Or Four In The Room that begins with:

Out of three or four in the room
One is always standing at the window....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcc Xd ABXdXXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10111001 1011101010 10100100101 010101 110111 1110010111 10111001 1011101010 110101 011011000110 1010101000110 1111 101110 011101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; without is repeated.

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  • summary of Of Three Or Four In The Room;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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