This is an analysis of the poem The Angel In The House. Book I. Canto I. that begins with:

Preludes.
I The Impossibility ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcdaaaa baeaecfcfgggghihi ejkjkahahfcfclilifcfcdkdk e deXalaaaaimim Xhchckikifhfhnmnm XkckcdebehdhbXlXlkXkXgmgm XkgkgefefmeXeckckededaoao dcccciiiiciciXklkklklciciadab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,17,25,1,13,17,25,25,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10010100 11011111 11111101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11000111 110100101 11011111 110100 11110101 11011101 10010111 11001101 11011111 10111111 11110101 111100001 11011101 01010101 01000111 010001001 11010111 11010101 01010111 01010111 1010100 01010101 01010101 111100111 01000101 10110111 11111001 011101111 01110011 11000111 11011101 11011100 01110100 01010101 01011111 11111101 01111101 10110101 11110001 11011101 01010101 11111111 11011101 01010101 11010111 00101 1 11110101 0111001010 11010111 110111001 11010101 11010101 11110001 11010111 110101001 01011101 11010111 110001001 1 11111001 01011100 11110111 01010101 010010101 01011101 11100101 01010100 11011111 11010101 01011101 11010111 01000101 010100111 01110011 11010101 1 11111101 110011101 11000101 111101010 11010111 11110101 01001100 01001101 11010101 01110101 01010111 11010100 011100101 110100111 01000101 1111001 11011101 110010110 11011101 11001110 001101001 01000101 11011111 01010111 1 10010101 11111101 11110111 11010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 01111101 10110101 10111111 11010101 110010010 11010001 11010011 10110101 11001001 11011101 11110001 11110101 11101101 001110101 111101101 11011101 11110111 1 100011111 10110111 11010111 10011101 01110101 01110101 11011101 11011101 11011101 001110101 01010111 0111111 111101110 11011101 00110111 11110111 11010101 01010111 01110001 01010111 01100111 011111001 11010101 0101001 11011111 11111100 01101101 01000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 552
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 164
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, who, her are repeated.

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  • central theme;
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