This is an analysis of the poem Love Is Home that begins with:

Love is the part, and love is the whole;
Love is the robe, and love is the pall;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cdcddd bebeff ghghdd iiiijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111001 100111001 10011111 100110101 11111111 11111111 100111001 10011101 100110101 100101011 11111101 1010111101 100111001 10011111 101100101 101100101 11111111 111111101 11111110 11111110 11111110 011101010 1011110110 1111111110 1001011110 101110010 101111010 1111110110 11111111 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love, and, i, thee, that, my, oh, wind are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words love, i, home are repeated.

    The author used the same word love at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of Love Is Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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