This is an analysis of the poem The Kitchen Chimney that begins with:

Builder, in building the little house,
In every way you may please yourself;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb adcd efff gXXa egXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100100101 0100111110 1111001010 1110100101 110111111 1101101101 1101101110 110101001 01101001010 1110100111 111011101 1010100101 1110100101 1111010101 101010101 1111010101 0110111110 1111101101 010110110011 010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, please, of, that, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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