This is an analysis of the poem When I Shall Rise that begins with:

When I shall rise, and full of many fears,
Set forth upon my last long journey, lone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcaXaXdadXXce XXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101111101 11010100101 0101010111 10010011101 1111010111 1101111101 1111010101 1101010111 11001101111 1001011101 1111011111 1000110101 1111011100 1101100101 1101010111 1101111101 0111011100 0101111111 10110111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; i, to, and are repeated.

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