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

Preludes.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcdefeffgfghihiaaaaajajkgkghchcfbfbijijgigiaeaekhkh ldddmfhfhjjjjcicigkgkjajafifX hcici X jijiXkdkmlglghjhX Xkkkk XnanagigiinXn XkkkkgiginhnakhkXijijdfdfhjhjdXXm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,53,29,5,1,17,5,13,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 101 01010101 10010101 11010101 11010101 01111101 11111011 11010001 01010101 01110101 01010101 11011101 11010101 001000101 100000101 01000101 01000101 11010111 10010101 11010111 00111101 11000111 11011101 01101101 11010111 01110101 11010101 11011101 01111011 11110111 110110011 11111001 01111111 11011101 00110001 11010001 01010101 01010001 11110111 11110101 11110001 01010111 01010101 11011111 11010101 01010101 11010111 11110101 01110001 010100001 11000101 01110101 10111101 1110 11001111 01111111 11111101 11110110 10010101 01110011 01011101 10010101 11011111 11111111 11110111 10100101 11111001 111101011 10011101 010101001 11010101 100000101 1010101 01010101 1101111 0101001 11010110 11010001 11110111 01000101 01011101 01111101 101 11110111 11001101 111011111 11111111 0111 1 01110101 11110100 010011111 10111100 010111001 11111101 01110110 110111010 01010001 01010101 01010101 001010011 11001001 110111001 11010101 01000100 1 110111010 01111101 100111010 10010111 1 11011111 010001001 11010100 00111100 01110111 01100001 11010101 01010101 11001101 11110101 010001100 11010001 1 11111101 11011111 10011101 10010101 11010101 11010101 01011101 00111010 11111101 11011101 01111101 11010101 10011111 11010001 11010001 010101000 11010101 11110101 11111101 11011101 11011111 111010111 11011111 11111111 11010111 11010001 11011111 11011101 11111001 010111001 01010111 10011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • 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; for, her, and, its, i, thought, he, to, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, and, nor, the, he, partly, that are repeated.

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  • summary of The Angel In The House. Book Ii. Canto Viii.;
  • central theme;
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