This is an analysis of the poem Presumption that begins with:
Whenever I am prone to doubt or wonder -
I check myself, and say, 'That mighty One... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcbcb bXbXXdad XefeXfdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101110 1111111101 11010101010 11011111010 11011101010 1100111111 11110101010 1101110101 11011101010 1101110101 11010111110 01001010100 11011101010 11010100111 110111010010 1111011111 11011011110 1101011101 11110100010 1111010001 11110101110 1101010101 01001101010 1001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, nor are repeated.
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