This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Dust: Part 02: 03: Interlude that begins with:

The warm sun dreams in the dust, the warm sun falls
On bright red roofs and walls;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccdeedbbXcc cacccffeXebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110010111 111111 01001010101 11010100101 10101010110 010101110 1111010101 1101011 01001011011 0100101 1101111111 1111010111 110001011101 0101010111 111101111001 0111110001 0101010111 01010100101 01011100111 110111 01110010111 10110100101 1111011101 11010101111 101011 010010100101 1110011 01010111010 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, a, the are repeated.

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: 03: Interlude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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