This is an analysis of the poem Tor House that begins with:

If you should look for this place after a handful
of lifetimes:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdbbccebcXaeddaeXXXXbeXedXcde Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110110011 011 0101101001 111110010101 1010 011110101110 1101001110110 101 01111101110 1011101100101 100 0001011010 1101001001101 0001 101011001 001011010101 11001 1010111101010 1010101011111 111010 0101110100010 101100100101 01101 1001010111 10011011001001 110100110 11111011011010 01 111101100100 11011100101 1011 00111011 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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