This is an analysis of the poem The Transmigrations Of A Soul that begins with:

What! Pixley, must I hear you call the roll
Of all the vices that infest your soul?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabb ccddee ffccggXhiihhhh jjggbbbbXX kklllljj ffcciill ggmmXddXjjbbccccll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,14,10,8,8,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 0101010111 1101110101 1101000101 1111110101 1101010111 1111111111 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 10110111101 0101001111 1101011101 1111110101 1101000111 1011010011 1001110101 1011011101 0001001101 0101110101 1011010101 0100011111 1101110101 1111011111 11110100001 0101001101 1111000101 1101001101 1100110111 01110111001 0101111101 0101010101 1101010101 1101110001 1011110001 0101011001 0101110111 01010110000 0101011101 1101000101 1110110101 11010001001 1101110001 0100101001 0111111111 0100010001 1111110101 1011000101 1101100001 1111010111 1111110111 0101110101 1101010111 0101110101 110101111 10010001001 1100010101 01010100010 011101010010 10010101110 11110011010 1111010101 0111011111 1001000111 0001000101 01110111001 0101010101 010101101 0101000101 1101110101 11010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Transmigrations Of A Soul;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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