This is an analysis of the poem The Dark House that begins with:
Where a faint light shines alone,
Dwells a Demon I have known. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbb ccccc ddeee eefff ggccc eeccc eeccc eefff hhaaaXffee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 1010111 1011101 111001111 1110011 1110101 1111101 1011101 1110101 0011001 1111011 1011001 1110111 1110101 10010111 1101111 1110001 1010101 1111101 1011101 1011111 1111101 1110001 1010111 1010111 1010101 1010111 1010001 1010011 1011100 1110101 1010101 1010101 1100101 1110111 1010101 1010001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 0010110 1000101 0111001 0011111 1010101 1010111 1110111 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Dark House;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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