This is an analysis of the poem Lines Composed In A Wood On A Windy Day that begins with:

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring
And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac acac X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110010110010 11001101001 1011011011010 01001001101 011010011010 01111011011 011010110010 01111001011 111111010010 01001001001 111111011110 11011011001 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, i, of are repeated.

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

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