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

To the sweet memory of Sidney Lanier
The old house stands deserted, gray,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babacc dededd fgfghh aXagff dgdgii adadhhXdadaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110001001 01110101 01010101 11110011 01011111 11000101 11011101 01110101 01110101 01110101 01110101 01001101 10111101 01000101 010101001 111101001 11001101 10010111 11010101 01011111 110010100 01010111 01010101 00111101 10010101 11110111 01011101 01011101 11100101 11011101 11010111 10110111 11010111 01010101 01110111 11000101 11110111 11010101 11010101 01111011 11001111 11111101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Deserted House;
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