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

The world is filled with bustle and with selfishness and greed,
It is filled with restless people that are dreaming of a deed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbccaaeeccffddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010101010011 001010101110001 111001101110001 111011101111101 111110101010111 101010101111011 11011101010101 101110101111101 111011101111101 101010101010001 001110101110001 111010101110111 101100100010101 101110101110111 011110100010101 001010101011011 1010010111010101 101100100011101 111111101111111 101110101110101 111011101110101 1011101010101001 101010101010101 101111100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 290
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, i, they, it, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Home Builders;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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