The House Of Clouds by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Clouds that begins with:

I would build a cloudy House
For my thoughts to live in;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD deXefgfg cgcgbbbb dgdgeheh aiaicdcd Xicjbfbf klkXkckc eXeXhhah mhmhjbjg lglgjbjb blbllgle didicdcD Xkhkcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 111010 1111101 111110 1111101 110101 11010111 011101 1100101 101010 1010010 001110 11101001 11100 0011101 101001 1010111 10011100 0010101 101010 1101101 10101 1000111 11100 1010111 101010 1011001 101010 1010001 100101 1110101 100111 0010001 101110 1010111 101010 10001001 10001 1010000 11101 0110100 0010010 1110101 101011 10010101 10111 1010101 00101 1011111 001110 1010001 101010 1010101 10101 1010111 010101 1010101 001010 1110101 111010 1010011 10110 1010101 1010010 1010111 100010 1101101 001010 0110111 101110 1010101 111010 1011001 101010 1000111 100010 1100101 101110 1011101 1001010 1011001 111010 1100101 1001010 1110101 101010 10110101 101011 1011101 111010 1010111 101010 0101101 10101 1011111 011101 1011100 001001 1011101 10000010 011101001 110110 10111111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, i, some are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, some, from are repeated.

    The author used the same words build, bring at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of The House Of Clouds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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