This is an analysis of the poem Prologue Spoken At The Opening Of The New House, March 26, 1674 that begins with:

A plain-built house, after so long a stay,
Will send you half unsatisfied away; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdddbbXcceefXggffhhXbbiiffjjddeeffhhfffbbhhbXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111101101 0111010101 11001010111 0101010001 1111110001 1101010101 1110010111 1101010101 1111000111 1011111111 010100110101 1111110101 0101110101 11010101110 0111010101 1011111101 1111011101 1101110101 0100011101 1111011000 11001011001 1101010101 11010000111 1101110101 1101110101 00100010101 01001110110 1011011001 1011010101 1101010101 1111011111 1101110011 1101110101 1101010101 0101111111 1101110101 1101010101 11010010101 1111011111 1101010111 01110000101 11001110101 1111000011 1111111101 0101001101 1111110010 1110111101 1101111100 1111001101 1111111101 1001 110100101100 0111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 410
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Prologue Spoken At The Opening Of The New House, March 26, 1674;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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