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

Often between the midnight and the morn
I wake and see the angels round my bed;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaa bbacd Xcdcd
  • 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: 1001011101 1111010111 1101011100 1111111101 1111111111 0101011101 1101100111 0101111101 1101111101 11010110111 1101110011 1111011111 1110111001 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 is repeated.

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