This is an analysis of the poem Upon A House Shaken By The Land Agitation that begins with:

HOW should the world be luckier if this house,
Where passion and precision have been one... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100001 1101010101 1101011100 0101011101 1011010111 1111000111 11001100111 11100100101 1111110101 0111011101 01001110101 10110100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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