This is an analysis of the poem The Souls' Rising that begins with:
See how the storm of life ascends
Up through the shadow of the world!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb bdbd efef ffddggbb hhccdd ijikjljlcbcbflflm jemeacaX fnfnillibbaamm nnnnadaaadanngg hghgbbmmgghhiiffkjnene nnooaaommllhhdd eehhnnffpapaqq
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,6,17,8,14,15,22,15,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11011001 01110101 11010101 11010101 11110111 11111101 11010101 11010101 11111111 01110111 11010101 10110111 11011101 01011101 01001101 10110 110111110 0011101 1010101 11000101 101010101 1010111 1011111011 101010011 1011101011 010101011 100111101 10110111 111010111 11010111 11110111 11010101 11010100 01011101 011111010 01011101 0101010110 11111101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11100101 010101110 11110101 010101010 01011111 1 1111101 11011101 11111101 11011101 11111101 111101101 01010101 1011111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1101101 11100110 10101010 1011100 1010111 1111101 1010111 1011111 1010101 0011111 1010100 101010100 1010011 1010101 10101010 1000101 10101010 001001010 1110111 1110101 1010101 10001010 10011010 1110101 1110101 1110101 0110101 1010101 1010001 0010101 1110111 1000101 1010101 10100101 1010111 1110101 1110101 1110101 01101011 1111101 1110011 1110100 1110100 10111010 111111 101110 10111 11101010 10110010 1111101 00101001 1011101 1010101 1010001 10110001 1011101 11101010 11111110 1010011 1010101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1010101 1111111 1000101 10111010 10111010 10101001 1010101 1010111 0110111 1010101 1111001 1010111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 136
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of, we, my, i, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, what are repeated.
The author used the same words see, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Souls' Rising;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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