This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Beauty that begins with:
She pauseth; and as each great mirror swings
(O ruined Helen, O once golden hair)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaa bbacd Xdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101111101 1101011101 111010101 0101010101 1100010101 1101011111 1111111101 1101110101 1011011111 1101111101 1111001100 1011010101 11011011001 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The House Of Beauty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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