This is an analysis of the poem White Houses that begins with:
Your door is shut against my tightened face,
And I am sharp as steel with discontent;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXbbaacXcXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011101 1111110001 1101010101 0111010110 0101110111 0101010101 1101110111 1101110101 111111010010 1011010111 11000101010 0110010011 1111110100 0101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 is repeated.
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