Analysis of I thought I heard something move in the house
I thought I heard something move in the house
When I was alone in bed.
And I was afraid . . . and I was afraid . . .
I lay—I quaked for dread.
Then all of a sudden the rain began
And I knew that the sound I'd heard
Was only the sound of the coming of rain.
Me, I've the heart of a bird!
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101001 1110101 0110101101 111111 1110100101 01110111 11001101011 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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