This is an analysis of the poem There'Ll Be No One In The House... that begins with:

There'll be no one in the house
Save for twilight. All alone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX XbXc XbXc bcbb bbac Xbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011001 1111101 10110011 1110110 10110011 1110111 10111111 1111111 11101010 1010101 11111010 1110101 11101011 110001 101010110 0110101 10100010 1110101 100100111 1010011 10110011 1010111 10001010 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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 word by is repeated.

    The author used the same word once at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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