This is an analysis of the poem Animal House that begins with:
In Animal House (by which title I call
A dwelling whose true name is not that at all)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXc ddddbc eeffbc eeggcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01001111011 01011101111 111101011101 01011111001 11110110111 01111101001 1011101011001 1001111111101 1001001011011 101001001001 0101011001 001001001001 1001001001101 11001101011 111011111001 11001011001 11111111001 101011111001 1001011011101 011010101001 11001111111 1001101101011 01111101011 11011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, they, and, s are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, and are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word house at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Animal House;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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