This is an analysis of the poem Under The Roof Where The Laughter Rings that begins with:

Under the roof where the laughter rings,
That's where I long to be;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa ccccbb cdcdcc efefdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110101 111100 111001001 101101 101101101 101110111 100110101 100011 100100111 100101 1011101001 11001011001 100110111 111111 11010111 111111 10101110 11101100 100110111 101101 111111101 101111 111101101 011101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; there, where, of, to, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.

    The author used the same word under at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Under The Roof Where The Laughter Rings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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