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

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdceaeafcfcefefXghgiXijiiif XgkgkhlhldmXm Xahahdidimbmbjhjhcicijljldkdkghgh XXkakgjgjeieikgkgkaka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,13,33,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101110 110101101 11010101 110111001 01110111 01110101 11011001 11110111 01010111 11011101 11001001 11111111 11110111 01010110 10011111 11010111 101111110 11110111 11110101 01111101 11011111 11000100 11111101 11010101 01011011 101100111 01011101 01110101 1 10110101 110100101 11110101 11110111 10111101 10110011 11011101 10010101 110010011 11111111 111001011 11110001 1 11011101 10110111 010110111 1100001001 110010101 01110101 11111111 11011101 11010011 011111010 0101001001 111101010 11110101 10110111 10110101 01010100 11010101 11010101 11010101 0101011 11000111 11010111 11010101 01010111 010110001 01011101 11011101 11010101 11100010010 11001101 110100010 11010011 1 01110100 11011111 01001101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11011101 01010101 110111001 00010100 0101101 11110101 11110101 11000101 11110101 11010101 10011111 11011101 11010101 00110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 848
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, and, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, 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. The Epilogue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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