This is an analysis of the poem The Cottage that begins with:

The house my earthly parent left
My heavenly parent still throws down,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac bdbd ecec ccXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 110010111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11111110 11011111 11010101 110001101 1000101001 11110101 11011111 11011101 011101001 11111111 11111101 11010101 110101101 110101110 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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.

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

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

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  • summary of The Cottage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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