This is an analysis of the poem The soul, an eternal spirit that begins with:
The soul, an eternal spirit, is beyond time's hold:
Even in this world it is in eternity's fold...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0110101000111 1000100010001 10101100101 01001010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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