This is an analysis of the poem Property that begins with:

The red-roofed house of dream design
Looks three ways on the sea;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXd efefbaXX gfgfhaha agagcici
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 111101 11001101 110101 01110011 10011 11110101 110101 11010101 110001 11110101 010011 11010001 1101001 11000100 10111010 11011101 111101 11110111 111111 11110101 111101 11010100 111001 01111011 110111 01110101 011101 11111101 111111 11110101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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

  • summary of Property;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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