This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Regret that begins with:
It is not that I now were happier
If with the dawn my tireless feet were led... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXa bbacc cddc
- 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: 0011110100 00011100101 0101111011 1101011100 1001010110 1101110011 1011001101 1111010100 1001000100 1111010111 1111110101 1010111111 1111010101 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The House Of Regret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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