This is an analysis of the poem What Home's Intended For that begins with:

When the young folks gather 'round in the good old-fashioned way,
Singin' all the latest songs gathered from the newest play,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddcccc eeaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10111010001101 10101011000101 111010111011001 11010101010001 11101011010001 111111101110101 101010101010101 11011101111101 101111101010101 11011101011111 101011101110111 111001101110101 111110101010101 101000101010101 111111111111101 1010111101010111 111011101011111 001011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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; an', i, 'em, let are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word for at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of What Home's Intended For;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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