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

Preludes.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcdeeeefgfghahaebebhaiajklk ikakmnenemnmn Xbbbbaomo c hbpbp XieXeqeqeebXbhaha XmhmheoeoqgqgdbdXrjrlmpapmemenmnmbabm Xbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,29,13,9,1,5,17,37,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 11010 01010101 01010101 11111101 11000101 011000101 01011101 01010101 01111101 11111100 11010111 1101001001 11110101 11010101 1011000 1111001 11010010 01011101 11010111 11010101 11010001 01010111 11000101 10110100 01000011 01010101 11010101 110011100 111111001 10100 01001101 010101001 010101011 11111101 11010101 11110011 01010101 01010111 11111101 11010001 11111101 01011111 1101000 010110101 11101101 110100101 11110001 01011100 00110111 11010111 11111111 0101 1 110110111 01001111 11011111 11111101 1 11011100 11100101 11010100 011101001 11010111 11010001 00111101 11110001 01001101 11001111 101100100 1101101001 11011111 01010011 11011001 11111101 1 10111101 11110101 0100110101 01010101 11011101 01010101 01110101 11010001 010110001 01010111 11100111 11110111 01110101 11100101 01110101 11111110 11011101 11011001 01111111 01111110 100100101 1100100 10010111 10110101 11000101 01001101 10010101 10010101 01010011 01010101 11110111 01111001 11010101 10010111 11111101 010100101 1 01010111 111100001 11110111 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 119
  • 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; his, her, and, with are repeated.

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

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