This is an analysis of the poem The House Of My Childhood that begins with:

The house of my childhood stood empty
On a grey hill...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaab bXXXccdX XdaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111110 1011 101001 01111011 101101001 1001011 111101 10010100 0111001 001001110110 001111111 1010110 011000101 11101101011 110010101 01110111 10110010 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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.

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

  • summary of The House Of My Childhood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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