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

Preludes.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bacacadadefeXghghihihhjhjekekcfcfdedelhlhkakahahdfafaahah cifificic a jhihihehmededchchhhhhdndncecmnjnbkokocjcj XXimipjpj XkfkffofoqiqihjhXkjkbkkkkhrhr
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,57,9,1,41,9,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 110100 11010101 01001111 11111101 11100101 11000111 11010101 11010011 01000101 01110101 11010111 11011111 11011000 11011101 11011101 010100001 11010101 11010111 01011111 10011101 01101111 11110101 11010111 11110110 11110111 11001101 11011111 11111101 01110011 11001101 11000101 11010001 11010101 11010001 11000101 01010001 10010101 01110101 11010101 11011111 01010101 0111010110 11000101 111111010 11010001 11011111 01010000 110001001 01010001 10011101 110100101 01011101 01011111 010010111 11010111 11000101 01010111 101001 10010100 01110101 11110111 11111101 11110101 11111101 10010011 11100101 0110 1 11010101 11010111 11111111 111010101 11011111 01110001 10101101 101011010 11010111 11110111 11011101 11101101 11011101 11110001 01010101 01101101 10011101 11110101 11010011 01110110 11111101 11011101 01011101 01010001 11110101 111111101 11011101 111100010 11010101 11111101 11110101 01010100 10111101 11010101 11110101 01000101 10110111 11010101 01011001 11110110 1 11001111 11011101 11111110 11110101 11111111 10010101 11011101 01010101 1 11111101 01011101 11111111 10011111 01110001 11001111 11010111 10111011 11010111 01110101 11001101 01010101 11010011 11010001 11010111 11011111 11011111 01110110 01110111 01000100 11110111 11011111 01010111 01111101 01111111 11011101 01010111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 715
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 151
  • 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, his, she, he's, yourself, to, me, you, we are repeated.

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

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