This is an analysis of the poem The House-Hunter that begins with:

I have been looking at a hovel
At the back o’ behind;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedefgfg cfcfchch giXidada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 101101 01110100110 001010101 010010110110 1011001 0101111101110 1111111 110101011 111101 010101101011 10111 0101110010010 110111001 11011001011111110 101101101 110101010 1010011 11011101010110 00100100101 0101101010110 111010101 111101011101110 111011011 1111101010 1111101 111100111010 1110111 110101010101 0011001 101100101010101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, i, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The House-Hunter;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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