This is an analysis of the poem The Old House that begins with:
It has been a while
Since my self became displeased with me ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBadeABCfg dchhibgX hbhfee eecjgXh bcgebd XiikXjdXEfEXkeee ABCBake X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,6,7,6,16,7,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 111010101 11 10101 011101 11001011 0101010 01001 111010101 11 11110010 010 110011 1010001 111011 11011000100001 1110101 11101 1111 11011 01010000 1011 010001 11100010 10110111 10010 11101010 11101001 01011100011 1110 110101010110 01111101 001010011 01110111 111100100 10110010 101001 11111001 1101011 101011101 01011 101010101 1101 10100 1110 01011 01100 01010011 10 01010011 11 1010100110010 1010 10101001 10101001001 01001 111010101 11 10101 01101 100010 001010011 010010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines silence, house are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word house at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Old House;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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