This is an analysis of the poem Home And Love that begins with:

Just Home and Love! the words are small
Four little letters unto each;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcDcD efefgdgd hihicDcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 11010101 11101101 01110101 11110001 110101001 01111111 1111 11110101 10010101 10110100 10110101 11010101 11110111 01111111 1111 10111101 11010111 01010011 01010111 111100001 110101001 11111101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, home, love are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Home And Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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