This is an analysis of the poem Robinson At Home that begins with:

Curtains drawn back, the door ajar.
All winter long, it seemed, a darkening ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd eXbe fXed gbag XfXf ffXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110101 1101010100 01110111010001 0101100110100 11010100 1111000111 101100001 11010101110001 110111010101 111001001 1101010111 100101000 0100010101010 0110110100 1101001011101 110101010100 111101010001 0111010101 01000101011 010101010101 11110001110111 1010001111101 010111 1101 00100111110 100111010101 1011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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