This is an analysis of the poem My Childhood Home I See Again that begins with:

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My childhood's home I see again, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc defg hfhf aaaa hihi ahah bgbg adad hjhj dgdg X dgdg fdfd fhfh bdbd dddd dddd kgkg dbdb ahah hdhd gfgf gcgcXeiei
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011101 110001 111100111 110001 11001111 111101 11011111 010111 11011101 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 111101 11011101 010101 11011101 1100101 11000101 111111 11001101 111111 01111101 111111 11001101 010101 11000101 011101 01111101 111111 11111111 110111 11010101 110111 110010101 1100101 11010101 110101 11010001 010001 1 11110101 110101 01010101 110101 11010101 010101 11110101 010111 11011101 1101000 10111101 110101 11011101 1100101 11010101 110101 11111101 111101 11010101 010111 11111111 0101101 11001101 111111 11111111 111101 11101101 010111 11011011 110111 010010101 010111 01011101 110011 11010101 110101 11011001 1100101 11010111 0101001 10011101 1111001 11011101 110101 11111101 101101 11011111 1101001 111101001 110101 11111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same words as, i, poor, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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