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

Preludes.
I Platonic Love ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdeaffffdgdgfdfdhcic jkikhclclaaadhdhd mdndnococpnpnXfgf gcnen X cmgmggggXjgjgXkXknfnf Xgcgc Xjdjdnfnfdbdbafaffagahghg bnbnokokkakamhmhninX Xfdfdmgmg Xcfjfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,21,17,17,5,1,21,5,25,20,9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 10101 11111100 01100111 11010100 11110101 11110101 10011101 01111101 11010111 11110110 01111101 010111001 11010101 11100111 001010001 11010101 01110101 11100101 00011101 110111010 01010001 101010 10010101 11100110 100101001 01010001 11111101 010101001 011111011 11111111 10011101 11010101 01100111 01011101 11010101 01010110 11010101 11011111 1010 10110101 11010111 01110111 11110101 11010101 11100101 10010011 11110101 11010111 11010111 11010111 11010101 110111100 010100101 01010001 010010001 1100010 11100111 01011111 01100100 11111101 010 1 110001001 011100101 01000110 11010001 01111111 01100101 01110001 10110100 01010101 01010001 11000101 11010011 110011101 11011101 11110101 01010001 110101001 01110101 111110111 11011111 1 11100101 11010100 01010101 110011001 1 11110101 010101001 11010011 10011101 11110111 11110101 10110111 11111111 11110101 11110101 01000111 10010001 01010101 01010101 01110101 01010101 11111101 11111101 11011101 01111101 01010101 01010101 11011001 11101101 01010101 01111101 11110111 0100011 01010101 01110011 10010111 110001001 1011001001 11100101 11010101 01010001 11110101 01110101 01010101 11100101 01010001 11011110 11011101 10110101 1 11111111 01110100 11110111 01010101 10100101 11011111 01111111 11001101 1 110101001 11010101 01000101 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • 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; i, thee, its, of, and, your are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Angel In The House. Book Ii. Canto Xi.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Coventry Patmore