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

Preludes
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbcbcdaeafafaghghdidi Xcjcjakakkdke lgfgf b dckckjkjkdfdf XhfhfadaefhfhbbbbfcfXcfcfcdcdldldhlhl XfcfcXldlmXmb XgbgbXeadlalajdjefhfhaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,21,13,5,1,13,37,13,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 111000 11100101 11010111 011101001 01110011 11110110 11010101 11010100 011101001 11110101 11011101 010001001 11011111 11010101 010010101 0101101 11010101 01110111 11001101 010101001 01010101 1011 01011111 11110111 01110111 01111101 11110101 01011101 1101010010 110101001 0100101 00111101 11010101 11010100 10101 01111111 11111101 11011101 10111001 0101 1 110011111 110011111 11110111 11111101 011100001 11110111 11010101 01010101 11011101 11110101 11110101 11010001 1 111110010 01011111 110111110 10111110 10110111 01110110 10110101 11010100 11010101 01110011 01110101 11010101 01011101 11110100 01010101 11110101 01110101 00110111 10010111 111110000 010101010 01010101 11101111 10010001 11010101 10010101 11010111 11110001 11110101 10011111 11010111 1001011 111111001 01010101 101110011 01010001 1 11010111 11110111 10011101 11110101 1101010 01010111 01011110 11010101 11001101 11110110 11010001 11000011 1 101010101 01010101 11110101 01010101 100101100 11011100 10111101 11111101 11011111 11010111 11110101 01010001 01111111 11110101 00010101 11010100 11110101 11110101 11111111 11010001 010100010 10111101 110101010 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 481
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 131
  • 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, her are repeated.

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

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  • central theme;
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