This is an analysis of the poem Old Houses that begins with:
Aunt Martha bustles
From room to room...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cddd cdXd Xcdc debe beXe XX XXXddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 0101 0110110 01011 111001 010010 0101 010010 01001 1001 11100 1101 01110 01011 1010010 001101 01001 01001 11001 01001 01010 11001 11110 0101 1101 00100 10101 0101 10001 0111 111010 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Old Houses;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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