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

Preludes
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbcbcdcdXeeeeafafgfgXheheaiaiejej kededjejeafaXlflX m fjfjfcmcm Xfcfcelel Xgmgmenenelel Xobobieiefpfpgegeceaengngfefe fjejeefefeXekfafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,33,17,1,9,9,13,29,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101010 11010111 01010101 01111001 11010101 01010101 11111011 01111101 01111000 11011101 11010101 01110101 11110101 11010101 01000111 11110101 010011111 01110111 11010110 01011111 01111100 10010100 11110101 11010111 1001100010 01011101 11011111 01010101 11010101 011100101 11010101 100100101 11110101 10101 11010101 10111101 11000101 10010001 110101010 01010101 101001010 01011001 1000110101 100010100 011101010 1101100 11010111 00010111 10110101 11011101 1011 1 11011101 01111101 01100101 01010011 11110110 11011111 11010111 01000101 1 01110101 01011101 01011101 01010101 11011101 01000101 11010101 100101001 1 01010101 101100111 110011101 01110101 11010100 01010101 10010001 11011101 11010101 11110101 01110101 11110101 1 111111001 11011111 11010111 110111001 11110101 11111001 11011111 11111101 11010101 11110111 10010111 00110001 11010101 11011101 10111111 11100001 01111101 11010101 11101101 11010100 11110001 11011101 01110101 11010101 11011111 11110101 01110101 11011011 1 11010111 01111111 11010101 111100100 11111101 01010101 11010111 00111101 11000111 11110101 11000101 11101101 11010101 11010101 11111111 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 474
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • 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, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whate'er, i, the, and, as are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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