This is an analysis of the poem House And Man that begins with:

One hour: as dim he and his house now look
As a reflection in a rippling brook,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbbXXcb cddeef fgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011110111 10010001001 1101011101 100100110101 1101110101 10010101110 010101101010 11100111100100 10110101001 1110 110101 0111010001 1101101111 1111010111 11010101011 10010111111 1111111101 011011111 1111110111 00110111001 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, i are repeated.

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  • summary of House And Man;
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  • history of its creation;
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