This is an analysis of the poem Houses Chapter Ix that begins with:
A mason came forth and said, "Speak to us of Houses."
And he answered and said: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a b c X X X X X d b b e a c b e b c X b X a f d c g gXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111110010100 111011 10110000100010011101010101 11011111001111101000101010101 11011010 01001110010001100110 11111110101011111 111110110001111010100010111 10100111011110111110101101100100010110 11111100 01111101011101011110101010010101110110111011 11110010011101101100110101 1110101101110 11010001001011010001 1110110101100111001010 111110110 1111010101110110111001011010111010 11001010101111100110010 101110010010 0110110011111110100001 01101110110010011010 10001110100100011111000100 111001110011110111 11101110101 0110010011100111111101 111111111111111111110101011011111111 11110111011010 110100011011111110110110 11101001010010001110010111101011010001
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 92 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 17
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, in, your, have, that, of, not, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words would, have, it, you are repeated.
The author used the same words would, have, it, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Houses Chapter Ix;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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