This is an analysis of the poem Home, Sweet Home that begins with:
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbbAA ccddAA eebbAA ddaaAAXbbaAAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011001111 001011011111 01001101011 11101011011 11111 11111111111 11101101001 11111011001 01101011111 110101011011 11111 11111111111 11101111011 11111011001 111111011101 101011011111 11111 11111111111 11101101101 1001001001101 11001111001 11111101001 11111 11111111111 01101101001 01101001111 11011001011 001011011111 11111 11111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; home, sweet are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines home is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word home at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase home connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Home, Sweet Home;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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