This is an analysis of the poem Question that begins with:

Body my house
my horse my hound...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX Xac bcXbaXaa ddXdXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 1111 1011 11110 1011 1011 1011 1111 0111 11011 1011 01001 010110 11010 1101 1000 01001 01111 11111 0111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Question;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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