This is an analysis of the poem All Souls that begins with:

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A THIN moon faints in the sky o'erhead,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbccbbDD X cceeffDX X ggeehhDD X bbeXXdDX a bbccddDX a iibbaXDd XXhhhhggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0111001100 110011101 11111101 1011110101 110011101 10110101101 1010011111 1011110111 1 111111001 00101111101 110101101 001001011101 1101001111 00100101111 10110110111 1011110111 1 1110110101 1111100101 110111101 010111101 10110100101 111100101 1010011111 1011110111 1 1111111001 11111111001 10111111111 0010010101 1111111110 0111111001 10110110111 1011110111 1 11111111111 11100011111 1010010101 0100101101 101101101001 1010111101 1010011111 1011110111 1 111010101 110011101 1011110111 1111111001 1110110111 111111111 10110110111 10101110111 1 111111111 111100101 110111111 1111011001 11111111 1111111101 1011111001 10100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, of, where, us, one, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, and are repeated.

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  • summary of All Souls;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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