This is an analysis of the poem Why Is The House Burning Down? that begins with:
Why is the house burning down?
Do you care to repeat that? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab XXccdXX ebX bccff XeabfbcdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,3,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101 1110011 1 110 1010101 010001111101 1010 1 0100 1 11111 010110100 111 01010 10001 111 1101 1 0110 100011010 011101001 011010101 1001001110101 1 011011101011 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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