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

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When I perceive Love's heavenly reaping still... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdedefefXee X aXaagXgeafafeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 11011100101 0101011100 1011011100 1101000101 1101101101 11010101001 11010000101 11111111001 1101010111 1111010111 01001001101 1111110100 1111111111 0101010001 1 0101100101 1111010100 0101000101 1111010101 1010110101 1101011100 1111011101 1101110111 11111100001 1101100111 1101111111 1111010111 1101110100 11010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 is repeated.

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  • summary of House Of Bondage;
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