This is an analysis of the poem The Two Voices that begins with:

A still small voice spake unto me,
"Thou art so full of misery,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX ccX aaa ddd eeX fff XgX ccc hhh iiX ccX ddX Xab hhX XeX aba jjX hhh kkX eee ggX llX ggg iXX ggg mmX ccc fff fff ggg ggg kkk ccX aaX aaa ddd ccc nnn ggX ccc iii ooo ppp nnn qqq ggg rXr ccc iii fff iii kkX ccc mmm ddd fff sss ccc ccc fff fff jjj iii eee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111101 101110100 001101010 10011111 101110101 1011000100 01010101 101110101 10011101 101001101 00110101 111101001 11011111 11110101 010101110 111010101 11011101 10011101 1111010 01010101 010001110 100010101 101011111 11110101 101011101 10010101 01010101 101010111 111100101 0101010100 01010011 101110001 101100010 10101101 101000101 010101010 01110100 101011101 11110100 100110101 11010100 0100010100 1111101110 11111101 11110101 01011101 101110100 10110100 101001111 11010101 111111110 11100101 01111100 111101001 101010111 1101110111 0101010100 111011111 11010101 01010101 101110101 11010111 011111110 10010101101 10110011 11110101 101111111 11010101 11010111 101011101 01011001 011101010 111100001 110100001 01010100 1001101110 110001010 1101010100 110101011 101010101 01010101 101010101 11011101 11010111 101110011 11010101 10111111 1000111111 110100101 01010111 10111011 11110001 01010100 101010111 11110101 11011101 100010101 11110101 010101010 111011101 11110101 101000110 10011001101 101110111 11010101 101100100 11010101 01010101 101111111 01111111 01110101 110000101 01010111 10010101 10110101 01110101 110001110 10101100011 101001011 01011101 101011111 11111001 11111101 101011101 01011111 01010111 10101011 11010011 010100101 100010101 01011001 11010001 101010001 01010111 110010111 101110011 111100101 10111101 101111111 001010101 11010101 101110101 110111001 10010111 101110101 11010101 10010101 101011011 010111001 110100101 1011101001 11010111 01011101 101000101 11010101 1101010100 10010110110 11100001 01010001 1010111010 0101000010 100111110 101010101 11011101 10110011 101110101 11010101 01001101 101101111 01010001 10111101 101010101 11110101 11010101 101010111 11111101 11010001 1010010101 110011111 11010101 101110101 01010101 10011001 101110101 01010101 10110101 10000010101 11010101 01010101 100110101 11110101 11010101 101111001 11111111 01010101 101010101 11100111 101001010 101010111 11110101 101100110 10111010011 101110101 01011111 101110101 10010111 01010101 1010111110 010101110 011101010 101010101 11010101 10110101 101110011 10010001 01000101 1000101010 1110010110 110110010 11011001 11010101 11111101 101010101 11100101 1101110100 01010101 101010101 010001010 111010101 11010101 11010101 101010001 11010101 11010101 101010101 10000101 01110100 1011101001 10111101 100111110 1000100101 1011110111 11110111 101011101 11011101 11011101 101110101 10110101 11010101 101110111 11111101 11011011 101010111 11100101 01100001 101111101 11010101 11010111 10110111 11011101 01011101 101010111 01110111 011110010 10101110011 101110111 11110111 11110101 010111100 11110101 101111001 01110111 11000101 101010111 00110101 11010101 11010101 01011111 11110001 100110101 11111111 11111111 101110100 11010100 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 101110101 0110000100 11010100 101001001 01011111 110111001 110101001 11110101 01110011 11100101 01010101 01011100 110100001 11110100 11110111 100101011 110001001 11110101 101011101 10110101 11010001 101110101 01110111 11110101 11111111 00110101 0101011000 11010101 11010111 010111000 101111101 00111111 01010111 101011111 11010101 01110101 100010101 01110111 11111101 101011101 11010101 11010001 101010101 01110101 011101010 10101110101 11010111 01010001 100111101 01011101 10010101 101111101 011100011 11110101 101010101 111110001 01010001 101011101 11001101 11110111 101100001 1101101 01010101 101110101 01011101 01110101 101101101 11010101 11111111 100110101 11000101 01110101 101010001 01011111 110010101 100110111 110100101 01010111 101011101 10111101 010100101 101110111 01010101 11100101 101011101 11010110 01000100 1010010101 11010111 010101001 100010011 11010101 11000101 101011101 01011111 1111011000 0111101011 100110101 11001000 10101110111 11011101 110100101 101110111 01011101 00110101 100010101 11110101 11010111 101101111 11111111 111101110 11111101 11010101 1000001010 11011101 010010101 01000101 11011101 110010100 01110101 10110101 10011111 11010101 11010111 01011111 11111101 01010001 11110100 10010101 10110101 01010101 10010111 11110011 11010101 01000101 11011101 11110111 01110111 01011111 01010101 010101010 10110100 01010101 1010111010 01010101 01010101 1011101110 1110111 11011101 11010101 11010111 1000110110011 10101000101 1100110110 011101010 110110010 01101111 110011101 11010101 11000111 11010101 01010001 110101010 010101010 111101110 11011101 01011101 11111101 11110001 110010111 01011101 110010111 01001101 11111001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 154
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 462
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; boundless, i, and, to, of, in, his, that, he, thou, answer, something, thy, life are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, i, he, a, whose, of, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words not, cry, i, his, as, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Two Voices;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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