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

I, who went at nightfall, came again at dawn;
On Love's door again I knocked. Love was gone.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee XX ff gg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110111 1110111111 111111011111 1010101101 101110110111 1010001111 10101011111 11100111101 11111010101 10101001001 11111010100 1011111110 10101010101 1010101101 11101011111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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  • summary of The Hushed House;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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