This is an analysis of the poem I Know My Soul that begins with:

I plucked my soul out of its secret place,
And held it to the mirror of my eye, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111100101 1100010011 0101010101 0101010001 0101010111 1101000101 0101010100 10001101111 1001110101 0111011101 1111110101 0111011101 1010010100 1001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, not, i are repeated.

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

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