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

Preludes.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcdaeaefgfgeheb ccgcgididheheeheb ejkjk a hhehecccceeeefhfb Xceceikik Xjajalmlm XnmnmchchmamaaXmehihidXoakpkp Xhadaoeded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,17,17,5,1,17,9,9,29,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 101000100 11010111 11010001 11010101 11010101 0101101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11110101 11110111 01111101 11010101 11111111 11110101 01111101 01000100 10101 01000101 01111101 01011101 01010111 01010111 11011101 10010111 11111101 01110101 111100101 11110111 110000111 11010111 01000111 01010111 11010100 11010 01110101 11010101 01010111 11010101 01 1 11110101 01101001 100110101 11001101 11111101 110111010 11110001 011001010 11110101 11010101 01010011 110010001 11010101 11110111 00100101 01010100 1 01010111 11111101 01001101 10111111 11010101 01000111 11110011 11010011 1 11000101 11110111 110010101 01010100 11110111 111110001 11110101 10010101 1 110010101 11000101 00110001 01010101 01111101 11010101 01110101 10110101 100010101 01010001 11001101 11010100 01110101 111101000 01010101 11010010 11111111 11010111 11110111 11110111 10110111 01010110 11011100 11011101 11110111 10110111 01010101 11110101 1 10110111 010011101 11010101 100101010 01110101 110101001 11111101 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines land is repeated).

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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