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

I.
Mine is no horse with wings, to gain... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdede Xfcfcgbgbdada Xhchchchcdidighgh XfificjcjjcjckjkjbgbgkdkdXalXkkkkclclkXkXXagdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,13,17,47,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10110101 01000101 111101001 11010101 101101001 110100111 01110101 11110111 1 11010101 111101001 10010101 11010101 01010111 11010101 10111001 11110111 100100111 00011101 01110111 11010101 1 11000101 11010101 11010111 11111101 010011101 11010101 01010101 01110101 11011111 11011001 11110111 01011101 01110101 11110101 11010111 11001001 1 11100101 010101001 10110111 11110101 10110001 010010100 10010101 10111101 10110011 00011101 11010101 11111101 00010101 10010101 11111111 01010100 0101111 01010101 01110111 11010101 11010111 01110101 11010101 01010001 110010101 01010101 11010011 01010100 11111101 01111101 11011101 11010101 11110111 01110001 11010101 11110111 11111111 01111100 11110101 01010101 1 01000101 10011101 11110111 010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • 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; his, he, of, what, to, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Angel In The House. Book I. The Prologue.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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