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

I Her sons pursue the butterflies,
Her baby daughter mocks the doves... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcdadaadcdXecXfafaghghaiaiXdddahahaeaegcga XcgcgX XXdXdjcjcikikiXiXlclc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,6,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 01010101 01010011 11000101 01110001 01010101 11010101 01110001 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 10011100 11010101 11010011 11111101 110011100 01111011 01001101 11000100 11010101 10010111 11010101 1001011 01011101 11011101 01100101 10010101 11011100 10010101 11011100 010010101 11010101 11011101 11010111 11011111 11010111 10010101 11010101 010101010 11110101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11110101 10110011 110111001 01010001 1 01011101 110010001 10010101 11010001 11010 1 1001 01010101 01100100 11010101 10111111 11011101 11011101 00111110 11111101 11100101 11010001 11110101 100011101 11100110 01010101 11110101 01100101 10010100 01110001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 879
  • Average number of words per stanza: 157
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • 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; her, she, and, for, with are repeated.

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

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

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