This is an analysis of the poem The Homes Of Joy that begins with:

I LIKE the homes where a Teddy Bear
Monopolizes the best arm chair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddddbb bbeeff gghhdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110101 010100111 1010011101 1010100101 1110110101 0010110101 110110101 110000101 1010100111 0010111111 110110101 0100100111 1111101101 1101001001 11100101110 01010101 1010100101 11110101101 110111111 0010101111 0010110101 10100111011 110101111 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; in, and, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, and, to, my are repeated.

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  • summary of The Homes Of Joy;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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