This is an analysis of The Dark House by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Where a faint light shines alone,
Dwells a Demon I have known.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbb ccccc ddeee eefff ggccc eeccc eeccc eefff hhaaaXffee
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,
- Metre: 1011101 1010111 1011101 111001111 1110011 1110101 1111101 1011101 1110101 0011001 1111011 1011001 1110111 1110101 10010111 1101111 1110001 1010101 1111101 1011101 1011111 1111101 1110001 1010111 1010111 1010101 1010111 1010001 1010011 1011100 1110101 1010101 1010101 1100101 1110111 1010101 1010001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 0010110 1000101 0111001 0011111 1010101 1010111 1110111 0010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 49
