This is an analysis of the poem When Coldness Wraps This Suffering Clay that begins with:

When coldness wraps this suffering clay,
Ah! whither strays the immortal mind?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca XdbdeeXe fgfgcacX hhhhiaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 110100101 01010101 11010101 11000101 111101001 11110101 01011101 010101000 01011101 11011101 10011001 110111001 11000100 01110110 11111101 01010101 01111101 110101011 01010101 11010111 010110100 110101101 10010100 01111111 01110011 11111101 00110101 01010101 101110111 01010101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.

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