This is an analysis of the poem I don't know how many souls I have that begins with:

I don't know how many souls I have.
I've changed at every moment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXdee ffbfXXXc bedaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111 11110010 11111010 11011111 0101111101 01111111 011101111 011101110 010011111 101011101 101111010 0100101011 111111 111110 10010101 111111111 11111010 110100010 110101 1010111 1100100110 11111 11011010110 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, who, man, and are repeated.

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

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