This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Forgiveness that begins with:
Remembering most the old, eternal days,
I cannot curse our life—thy life and mine;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaa bbacd Xdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01001010101 1101111111 1101001001 1111010001 1101011111 1101110111 0101110111 1111111111 1111111110 1111111111 1011111111 0101001101 1111110101 1101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, thy are repeated.
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