This is an analysis of the poem Where I Live In This Honorable House Of The Laurel Tree that begins with:

I live in my wooden legs and O
my green green hands. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcdbcbcXececccbcbbbcdbcaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110111 1111 11 01111101010 11101111 111110101 110010100101 11010101111 11111000100 0111101 11111111 01011110101 1111101001 01101010111 11011010111 11010101111 01010010111 11010101 111010100100 110100101001 1101110101 1111011010 101111101 111 10110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 963
  • Average number of words per stanza: 191
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; i, of are repeated.

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