This is an analysis of the poem House-Hunting that begins with:
Time was when spring returned we went
To find another home to rent;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbee ffccff eegghh iieejj eebbaa kkllmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010111 01010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010001 110011101 11010101 11110111 11010101 01110101 01110111 010101010 111101110 11001101 01010101 110100110 010111010 11111111 01011101 11010101 11010001 11010101 01010111 11011111 01110001 01011101 01110101 11110101 10010111 11011101 11110101 11010101 11111111 10010111 11010001 01000111 10011101 11011111 11111101 11010101 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of House-Hunting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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