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

Preludes.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcdefefghghijij cfkfkldldXmnm iihihmhmhcoco phahacbcb qikak c macacininicicakak Xhahafcfcimirimirafaf XcXcrXimidhdhkckchbhbgaga XhchcXkakamammcmc mhkhkspspiqiqXakaXkXkieXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,17,13,13,9,5,1,17,21,25,17,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 1101 11111111 11010101 111000101 01011111 11111011 11010101 011111001 01110111 01111101 010101010 101101001 110100010 11000111 11010111 11010101 11010011 101010 11010111 11111101 01100001 01010101 11110111 11110111 11111111 11011101 11111110 11011101 11010101 01010111 101010 10010001 010011101 11010100 11011101 01011101 11011101 01111101 11011111 11110101 011111010 11011101 110101010 10101 11111111 10010001 01010001 11010111 11111101 01000111 10111101 01100101 10101 10010110 01011101 01011100 11110100 101 1 10011101 10110101 11011101 01010101 01010111 11010101 11010001 110011101 11010101 11010111 11010111 111101001 11110101 11010101 11011101 01011101 1 01011101 11111111 11011111 11010111 11000101 11110101 11110111 11010101 11010001 11111101 01000101 11110100 01110111 01000101 11110001 01001100 11111111 11111111 10111101 11110001 1 11010101 11001100 010010101 11010100 11010111 110000101 11110111 11010110 11011101 11010101 01011101 10010101 11010111 101101111 01010101 11110111 10110111 11011101 11010011 01000101 11001101 110111001 11110101 11011101 1 110010101 10011101 01111111 101010101 10010110 1100101001 11111101 11010101 001011101 10011001 111001001 10010101 11110111 01111101 11010101 11000111 1 10111111 11110101 11010101 10110111 11110101 110010101 001011111 11010101 11010101 11111001 11110101 01000101 111111010 010010101 11010101 11010101 11100011 011101101 100010111 11111111 11011101 11000111 111111000 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 167
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, of, love, how, not, her are repeated.

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

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