This is an analysis of the poem My Childhood's Home that begins with:

There may be lands more fair than mine,
With skies of cloudless blue, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababCC dcdccC aeaeCC edeXcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 010101 11010101 1100101 11110101 01011101 110101101 0111001 11111101 010101 11111101 01011101 11010101 110101 11010111 010101 11110101 01011101 11010111 110111 11110101 11001 11111101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of My Childhood's Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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