This is an analysis of the poem The Many Mansioned House that begins with:

THERE looms, upon the enormous round
Where nations come and nations go,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dcdea eafgf g agag ahahc ici id idjgj geXeX klkl f afaei eimcm cklkl aeXen anaee eeocX c jXjX jcjca maXje jelol opkpk glgli eXeec ecgdg defef mdmd o dodgg ggqcq caaaa gcgc g lXlaa aacec e cbcb gogo i Xoiogc gccac agbgb gogof
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,1,4,5,3,2,5,5,4,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4,1,5,5,5,4,1,5,5,1,4,4,1,6,5,5,5,3,2,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110100101 11011101 010100111 10111111 010010111 010000101 01010111 01010101 11010101 110100101 110100101 11010111 01110101 11010011 100100101 01010101 01010101 01011101 11010111 11110001 11011111 1100101010 11010101 100101110 10011111 01011101 11010101 01110101 01010011 01110111 01110101 11010101 01011101 11010111 11011101 11011111 01110101 11111101 110100101 01000010 11110101 01011101 01010011 11011111 01010101 10010111 10110101 11010101 11110101 01011001 11010101 01011101 10110101 01010001 11111111 1100100101 111101001 11010111 10110101 11010101 111100101 010110101 11110101 11011001 10011101 11010101 01010111 10110101 10111001 11010101 11010111 101111001 11010111 1101101 11010100 11010101 01100101 01011110 01111111 11011110 110011101 110001001 01110111 11010101 01110111 01010011 11011101 110010101 110011101 10110101 11011101 01110101 11110101 01110101 11011101 11011101 11010101 110010111 01010111 10010101 01011101 01011101 100101001 10110111 10010101 10001101 10011110 110100110 0100101010 11110101 0100101010 11010101 11010101 01010101 11001001 01010111 001010101 01010001 01111101 01010111 00010001 00010001 11011101 01010101 01010111 01111111 11010100 11011101 01001101 10001101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 010101001 01110101 11110101 110010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 01011101 11011101 1010101 10111101 10110101 11111101 10010101 10110001 10010001 010010001 11001001 101101001 11011101 11010101 010100101 11010111 01001101 11010101 01011101 001010001 010101001 10010101 100111101 1 01011101 11110111 11110111 110100101 10111101 11010101 110100101 11011101 01010101 11110111 01011111 11010101 110101101 11010111 10100101 11010111 11011101 1011011001 11010001 11010101 11010011 101100101 01010101 11010111 01010001 10010111 01010101 110011111 11111101 010010111 01010101 01010101 1100100111 11010111 101100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 49
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 226
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its, of, and, in, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words its, and, now, the, no, this are repeated.

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  • summary of The Many Mansioned House;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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