This is an analysis of the poem Vagabond's House that begins with:

When I have a house . . . as I sometime may . . .
I'll suit my fancy in every way....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabccddeeff ccaaeegghh iieejjeehh eekkiillmmee hhhhffhhii hhhhhheeddlX nnnnddffkkii hheXeeeeaa aaiiffdd ooXfddmmddof ccggffcccchhlliihhii iiffiijjhhii kkaammdd iimm jXddmmlXeehhgghhppeXdX Xappiiddff kkffaappllaa ddddiiee iiiiiiddaaaaXaaddggggffab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,10,12,10,12,12,10,8,12,20,12,8,4,22,10,12,8,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111111 1111001001 1100111111 0100100101 01001101001 111110111 010101101 010111101 011100111 10011101001 011110111 100110111 1101101001 101110111 001111111 1011110111 01110101 0100110111 1010110101 011110111 1010111101 010100101 1110111111 110110101 1010110111 1011100101 11011111 111111001 110011111 011011101 1110100101 111010101 10011100111 10101101001 10100111 1100100101 1011001001 111001011 1111100101 1011110111 101111111 011111111 1111111111 1111101101 111010111 01010111 011111001 0101100101 0010110101 011101100 1011110101 010111101 0011111001 0010110101 01110101 111101011 11011101001 0010010111 1110100101 111010111 101111111 1010010101 101001101 10101100101 1110011101 10101101000 110100101 010101001 010111001 10010111 11101111 1100100101 10101101 001100101 11101001 11010111 0100101101 011110111 111011111 0100100101 010111001 11010100 11010111 10111101 110111101 110111101 01011101 111100101 10111111 10100111 0010110111 110111101 01011111 01110101 1011101011 110101101 010100101 0101110101 1010011100 01101101 101011101 1010010101 1010110101 1010110101 00100100101 110100101 1111110101 1101111011 010110101 010111101 1010110111 011011101 10100101101 1011100111 01101001001 1111110101 0010011111 011101101 1010111111 101111101 0111011111 1110111111 1111110101 100011101 110110111 0111111111 0011100101 11010011 11110101 10111101 101100101 0010100101 010101001 11110111 01111101 110100101 0101100101 110010101 1011110101 1010110111 01110101 0100110111 001010101 0010110101 111010111 011001001 1010110111 111111101 110100101 01011111 0101011001 11110101 111111111 111111100010 101100111 101101111 11100111 101100101 11011011001 1111101111 100100111 101101001 100101101 1101101101 01011101 101101100 1011001001 110110101 1100100101 00011111 101010100 011110100 1111101 110011110 11011111010 011101101 111011101 110110111 1011110001 1010100101 0011100101 01011111 011111101 11111101 110101111 11110111 01011111 11011111 01111101 11111101 01011101 101010111 001010001 01010111 01111111 11110101 10111101 1111101 101101101 11010101 1001101001 00110101001 100100101 1010010101 11110101 111110101 00100110101 1011111101 11101111001 101110101 1011101111 111101101 1110111111 011110111 1110100101 111110100 111110101 1011110111 0100101111 1010100101 1111111101 11100111111 001001101101 10110110101 1010100111 11100100101 011110111 101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 228
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, to, and, for, i, that, like are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'll, of, for, at, that, and, with are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, i'll at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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