This is an analysis of the poem The Threshold Stone that begins with:

WHEN I went to live in the little house,
That stands on the hilltop alone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBccbaddddadbbdaeeeeabccbaXffXaBddbabggb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100101 11101101 111101 110111 10111001111 111101101 00111001 1010111 1011111 0010010101001 11110101101 101101101 11100101 0010111 001100101101 10111101101 101101111 011111 1011111 101011010111 1100101101 11001101 110101 0010101 101011101111 1110101101 1010011110 0010111 111111 10101010110101 11111101101 11101101 101100 010101 10111001111 11110101101 101001010 111101 101101 101101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1562
  • Average number of words per stanza: 303
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; its, and, of, that, stone, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, all are repeated.

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

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