This is an analysis of the poem A Question that begins with:
I.
SOUL, spirit, genius--which thou art--that whence ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bccbbXXbaadddd X XaaddeeXffdggd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 1101011111 1111010101 10110010101 1111010100 11110110001 1101100111001 11010000010 0111011101 1001011101 1111001101 11011000101 0101011111 1101011111 11111111111 1 1101011000 1011011101 01110011110 1001110101 11011011101 0101110111 1101000101 11010101100 1001011111 1011111001 11011101011 01111001001 1111111001 011011100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; with, my are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Question;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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