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

Preludes.
I The Joyful Wisdom ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbdeXeXfafdgdgcacaaaaagdgddgdgcdcdhghgcXcaicicdedejkjklalaadadcXcfecec amame k fcgcghahafmfmceceXnhn Xopop Xnhnhcfcf XcbcbeeXehdhdahahqdfddfdqcXcklglg fececmfmfpbpbXfccccffqfmemecdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,73,5,1,21,5,9,33,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101010 11010101 11010001 11011110 11110011 10111011 11001101 11111101 01001100 111100110 11111101 10110101 11011110 11110111 11010001 11011001 01110011 11001111 11001101 10110101 11010101 1101111 11110100 11000101 110011101 11001101 01111101 11011001 11010101 11111101 11011101 11110101 11110101 11110110 00110111 11010111 11100101 11111111 01001101 11010111 11100100 1110001 01011100 11010101 10010111 11001101 100101001 10010101 10010101 11010101 11010101 110100110 01010111 11111101 11011111 11010101 11010111 11111101 11011101 01010111 11001111 01011101 01010101 01000100 01010101 11001101 11110111 11010101 10110001 11110001 11110101 11100101 11100101 10010 11110111 11001101 11111111 01001101 1001 1 11111111 01000111 11011101 11010111 11111101 11110101 101111111 11010101 01010001 110100101 01111101 010101001 110111001 11011101 11010101 01100101 01111111 11010101 01111111 11010111 1 111010111 010101010 01111111 010101010 1 10010011 11001101 01010101 11010101 100111010 11111101 010111010 01011101 1 11111111 01010101 11000101 11011101 110011111 01010101 010001000 11110001 110011111 10111101 01011101 110010101 01010111 11011101 10011111 10011101 11110100 010100111 11110111 11110110 11011101 00110101 11011111 10111100 10110101 11011101 11110111 01110001 10110111 111101001 00110101 11010101 1 11001001 1110110101 110100001 111111010 11010101 01010001 01010111 11011111 1100110010 10010111 100111010 11000101 1 01110001 01100101 01010101 110000101 11111100 11010101 11101100 110010101 101111001 11110100 101011011 11000101 10110101 0010001001 11011101 10010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 179
  • 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, that, grace, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, i, nor, the, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases i, they connect the lines.

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  • summary of The Angel In The House. Book I. Canto X.;
  • central theme;
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