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

Such space there is, such endless breadth of time
Between me and my world of yesterday,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaa bbaXc Xcccc
  • 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: 1110110101 0111110101 1101111011 01110111111 1011010101 1011110101 1111110101 11001011101 11010111110 11110111001 1101100110 11110101010 110100101001 0101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, these are repeated.

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  • summary of The House Of Music;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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