This is an analysis of the poem The Lost Soul that begins with:
Look! look there!
Send your eyes across the gray...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacbcdceedcaaeee XceeccefeXfeeccccaa gbegghgbhecbcbcbijij kkhhccgfgfllbX mfmfbbeebh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,19,20,14,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1110101 1110101 10100101 01011101 01010101 10010111 1010101 011100111 11011111 10010011101 1100101 01001101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010011 0010101 1011110 1111101 1010101 1010101 1111101 1010001 1001101 0010101 1011011 1110111 1111101 01111101 0111011 1010101 1010101 1110111 1111111 1010111 1010101 100111 111101 11101101 11001001001 100100100 0010010100 011101111 001011101 110101100 00100101 11111101 0011101 11010101 1110101 11011101 1101001 11000111 010100101 10100111 0111101 01011001001 11100101 1101111010 111001010 100100101 001010101 11010001 101000101 0010010101 100101001 1011110111 10001101001 101101001 001001100 111101011 1010101 0010101001 011001 110010101 110110101 1100110101 01010101011 1110101111 100100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 547
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, o, it, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words beyond, o are repeated.
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- summary of The Lost Soul;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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