This is an analysis of the poem Prayer For The Home that begins with:

Peace, unto this house, I pray,
Keep terror and despair away;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddXXaX ccddaX eeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 11010101 10010111 10110101 11001101 01010101 11011101 10010101 01010111 01010110 11011101 11010001 11010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11111111 11010100 1010111 1011101 1111111 1000111 1111111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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