This is an analysis of the poem My Childhood's Home that begins with:

I HAVE tasted each varied pleasure,
And drunk of the cup of delight;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcacXdXD ececcbcbcdcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010 11001001 111001010 00101001 111001010 1100101 1111111110 11001011 110111111 0110111 11100101111 0111111 110110011 1100011 11101111 011101 1111001010 111101 110110001110 0101101 1111110101 1101111 11100101111 0111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word played at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of My Childhood's Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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