This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Dust: Part 02: 02: The Fulfilled Dream that begins with:
More towers must yet be built—more towers destroyed—
Great rocks hoisted in air;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdcefghXi Xhacjkl megnjcnXlgh kXmckfbgemcjb jXXXbiafbmfiffn dkckcbbcbblfhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,11,13,15,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110110100101000 111001 11110101111 010111111001 111011001010 1101001011001 110010011101 11011101011 10111011 110011011101 1100101001010 11111110101 1011000011010 011101000101 10100100111 0111111101 0101101010010 0111011101 1001010 11111111110 10111101101 10010010000001 10011101001 1001111101 00111111011 1101111101 110101010110 110101011010 11001111011 1101010101001 1101111110 11001100100 011101110 11110 11110110101 1111110111 1100111001010 010111 010100100101 1100100111110 010111011 110011110010 0111110 11111100101 011111010111 111101111100 1111001001100 11011101111 001011101 01010100101 01010010101 11110111111 1001010100 00110100101 110101001110 1101110101 1111011101 1101100111 1101001101 1001110001 11101101010 011111001110 01001110101 11001110111 011100110110 0111011101 11010000111 110101100111 101111010010 11010011101 11010111001 110011101111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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; his, and, of, he, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it, above, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The House Of Dust: Part 02: 02: The Fulfilled Dream;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Conrad Potter Aiken
- Analysis of The House Of Dust: Part 01: 07: Midnight; Bells Toll, And Along The Cloud-High Towers
- Analysis of Improvisations: Light And Snow: 12
- Analysis of North Infinity Street
