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

Preludes.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcdefefcgcghahadbdb ihahaififagagaeaX aihXh j eahahklkl XfhfhgagahbhbfXfceXeXagagjhjhheheafaf Xgbabhmhmjfjfbbbb Xmdmdimimcmcmdfdfdndnegeaiaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,21,17,5,1,9,37,17,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 1010 01110111 01011101 11001111 11010101 11011111 11110101 10111101 11010001 11111101 11010001 11111111 11010101 11111101 11000101 1100000101 10011101 11110111 01010111 01010111 11110111 110 11011111 10110011 11011001 111101001 01011101 10101101 01111111 11010101 10111101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11010101 01010100 01011101 01010100 101100 01011111 01010001 11010010 01111101 011 1 110100101 011111001 11011111 10101111 11010111 11111101 11110101 010111001 1 11101101 11010101 11010101 01011100 11010101 01001111 11010101 01000111 11110101 11010101 01111111 11111111 01000111 11110111 11010101 11110101 11110111 101111101 01110011 11110110 01111101 10110101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 11110101 11011101 11111101 01111101 11111101 11111111 110011101 11001101 01010101 01111111 1 110010101 10000111 01110111 010101001 01010101 11010101 01110111 01011111 01010101 11011001 11010101 11010101 1010101 001010101 11010101 01111101 1 10010110 10011111 11110011 11111101 01010111 11001101 11011101 11110101 11111101 01110101 01010111 01010111 01010001 01110111 01101101 01111101 10110101 01010101 11111111 11000101 11010111 01111101 11010001 11010101 110110001 01011101 01000100 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 521
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 141
  • 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, but, my, her, to are repeated.

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

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