This is an analysis of the poem Some Lines Scrawled on the Door of Vagabond's House that begins with:

West of the sunset stands my house;
There..and east of the dawn;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaccc dcdcXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 101001 10010111 100111 10110111 00100101 10101101 1110100 100101101 100101 10011101 0100111 11110101 100101 111100101 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Some Lines Scrawled on the Door of Vagabond's House;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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