This is an analysis of the poem House Hunting that begins with:
Where shall we make us a cosy home,
Up in a high pine tree?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbXa cDaadD bAeeaA XCffcC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101 100111 010101001 111101111 100111100 100111 111110101 100101 010101101 110100101 011101111 100101 111110101 100101 010111101 111100101 100100101 100101 111111111 101111 011101101 111101101 110101101 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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