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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