This is an analysis of the poem My Home Is Not Your Parents' House that begins with:

Excuse me.
I believe I misunderstood your last comment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abacbb XbXXX ddXAcda Xbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 101110011110 11111111 1111111101 1010 101111 11110 11111111111 101011010 011100101111 10101111001 00101011111 11010111111 1 011 101110011000011 11011101 11110011 1111101010 111 00111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, what, you, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of My Home Is Not Your Parents' House;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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