This is an analysis of the poem In A Place One Calls Home that begins with:

Inside 'noise',
Held within....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX aXaXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0110 101 0001001001 100101001001 1110101 01001 111 1110010 10111110001 1100 010101100 0100010010 0010011010100 001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In A Place One Calls Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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