This is an analysis of the poem The Flesh And The Spirit 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: aabcdeffbbggXebbffhhXXdecchhffaaiiaXXhhgghhddhhjjffaaggkkhhjjddaaXjhhhhlldeddddaabbaXiiXbffaabbffaahhedffddiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 109,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 11010101 11110101 11111101 11111101 11011100 01010101 01100101 10111111 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 11011001 10 111100001 01111101 11111101 11011001 11001011 011111011 10111110 11011111 10110111 11110101 11010001 11110111 11111111 11011111 11111111 11011111 11011101 11101111 11111111 11011101 11010111 11010111 11011011 11010101 11010010 11110101 11010101 11110101 11111111 11111110 01010111 01010011 11111110 111100101 11111111 11011111 11111111 01110100 01010111 01100110 11110111 10010001 11011111 11111111 11011111 110010101 11110111 11110110 01011101 11111101 01011111 11010101 01011111 11011101 01110101 11110101 01010111 11010011 01110101 11010101 11111111 11010101 11011111 11101101 01010100 10001101 110011111 11010111 01010111 11011110 01011111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4085
  • Average number of words per stanza: 712
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; thee, me, i, thou, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, the, nor are repeated.

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  • summary of The Flesh And The Spirit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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