This is an analysis of the poem Flesh And The Spirit, The that begins with:
In secret place where once I stood
Close by the Banks of Lacrim flood, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdeffbbggXebbffhhXXdecchhffaaiiaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 11010101 11110101 11111101 11111101 11011100 01010101 01100101 10001110111 1011010 11010111 10000111 11010101 10010100 11010101 11110111 11011101 110111111 11011101 01111111 11111011 10010100 110101111 11000100 110101001 11010101 11001101 11011101 11011111 01010101 11110111 11111111 01110111 11010110 11111111 110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1299
- Average number of words per stanza: 224
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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