This is an analysis of the poem A Dialogue Between The Soul And Body that begins with:

Soul
O Who shall, from this Dungeon, raise... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbccbbXd eaaffgghhdX aiiiiXbXcii ejjccddkkfXddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11100101 0110011010 01011101 01110001 11001111 10010011 01111101 01110011 10011101 00111101 10 11110101 01001001 11010111 11110011 11110101 01011101 11010101 11110111 01011101 10110010 1 11011101 01100101 11010001 11110101 111101100 10011101 01110010 01010101 11010101 11000101 10 11011101 01001111 11010111 1101101 01000111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11000110 11011101 01111111 11011111 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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