This is an analysis of the poem Within And Without: Part I: A Dramatic Poem that begins with:

What life it is, and how that all these lives do gather-
With outward maker's force, or like an inward father....

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xb X cddccddceffeef X e gggggggXhiihhi ejcc c kldccmfdnjjjejckhjmojceg l dlfmnpqghdmjdl f idreXhdapededhdmjnjddjhpaejdhhje j j jfm c j j j c l j jhhssd nfF i cccclll se nnnnsss se llllhhh se eeeerrr sfF j ej c j j dqsj c e j elajcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,14,1,1,14,4,1,24,1,14,1,32,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,6,3,1,7,2,7,2,7,2,7,3,1,2,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,9,1,1,1,3,1,7,1,17,1,24,1,2,8,1,1,22,1,4,1,29,3,1,5,10,7,1,5,1,1,2,1,1,1,9,1,1,1,36,1,1,3,1,5,1,4,4,6,5,4,1,3,5,1,2,3,1,22,14,9,5,27,2,1,1,3,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,4,1,2,1
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
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0111010111 1101110111 1001010001 1001100101 10001010101 0101011101 11010111110 1001111011 1101111110 11110111110 1111111111 0101110111 010100101010 0101010101 1111110111 11111111010 1101111101 01101101010001 10 10111100101 1111010001 100101 100 101101 10 1111010001 100 0101011101 10 1111110101 1101010101 00010100111 11110111111 0111110101 1001010101 10 11101101 10100101 1 110110101 10100101 1010101 10101101 1010101 1010010101 10110111 1 111101 1011100111 110100101 100100111 110101101 10101011 1010101 001101011001 1 111101 11110101 01000101 0100101101 111010111 11110101 011100101 1110101101 1 111101 111110101 00101101001 1101101001 110110101 0111101001 1110111101 11101111001 1 111101101 10100101 10 0101001111 111101 100 11110 10 11010011110 11101100010 01010001011 1001110001 100 1101010111 10 1101110101 11010101010 11110111010 1111111011 01001100110 1101110101 1101111111 01111100010 110111 100 1100 10 1111111111 0101110111 1001011111 100 1111011111 1111010110 1101010111 1101011101 0101011100 11011100100 1101 10 10110010 1011011011 01111110001 1001011101 0101000001 1111011111 1101011111 1001010111 11110110010 0101111111 01010111001 1101010101 1101011101 10010010101 1101010111 01100111110 0101110001 100 1101110101 1011011011 11001010111 1001010101 100111010010 11110111010 1100010110 0101110101 1101110111 0111100100 1101010101 0100011111 0101010011 1100110101 0100010101 1101111101 11001000101 1100111111 1111011001 1001011101 0101111101 1101010101 1111011100 1101011101 10 1000101000111 01010101 100 10110 01110111010 1101110101 11010001010 00010111010 1111110101 1111 100010 1010010111001 1111011 0111110111 101101000010 01001100011 1111001101 0111110101 1101010111 0001110111 0111011111 1101011101 110101011111 1101111111 1001110011 0101011111 1101110100101 1111100101 11011 1 1111 1111011101 1011011001 1101110 10 101 11011111011 11111101001 1 100 01001111110 1101101111 1101010111 1111110011 11010111110 1111010101 1101110101 1011010101 0101110101 1101000111 01001010101 0011111101 11101110101 1101010111 1111010101 111011010010 1111111111 1111011001 1111010101 1111110111 1111111101 1101010111 1111110111 1111001101 1101011111 0101001101 10110111010 11011011001 1101100101 11 01000011100101010 1010100101011110 10 1001010 11110011010 10110101010 100100010 1 1101010101 0101 01 1111 1110111111 1111110111 010111110010 1001010101 110111100 0 1101011101 11010111011 1101011111 01101101010 01100100010 0101111100 1101010101 1 1101111101 111110110100 1011001111 11010111111 111100 10 11101 11 1010100011 11 10110 11 11101 1010011100111 11111011010 1111011101 1101011101 0101000111 1011000101 10010101010 1011010111 11 1001 11 11111111 11011100001 1100011101 11110101001 01010101010 10001011101 1101000101 1101110101 1100110110 10110011001 110110011 11000111010 11010010001 11001101110 1111010100 01010101001 1101110101 0011010100 1101010100 1111111101 1101010100 110111011010 1001110001 11010101110 11011101101 01001101010 1101010010 1100011111 1101011111 1011010001 1001111101 01010111001 1101010100 0011000110 11111101111 011101 11 10010 01011010001001 0 10 11 1101110101 11111111110 1101010101 11110101010 0101101101 11 1111110111 10010110110 1100101 1101 1101111001 1101110101 1101100111 101100101 11 11111 11 1101011101 0101010101 1100010101 110010 1101 11101110101 1111010 10010 1011010001 1101010001 1101011101 1101001101 11 11110101110 1101111111 0010111 11 100110 1101 111110001 11110100101 10 1101110111 11110101010 111011101010101 010101110010101101 01 100 1111101011 0100011011 0111010101 11010111010 10001010101 1101000101 111 1 010101 11010111000 10011111101 1111111111 101011110101 1111111101 1111111101 11111010111 10110111110 0011110110 1111011101 1111011101 0100110101 1101111101 1111110101 1101111111 11111110011 1100110111 0101111101 1101010101 1111100111 1011110101 1111000111 1101011101 01001010101 1011011111 10110111100 1001011111 1101110011 1101011001 1111011101 1011011000 1101001011 0111110101 11011 0 0101 1110011101 01110001011 10001110111 00011001001 1001010101 1111001101 1101111101 1101111001 01111111001 1110110101 010011000100 11110100101 00110110001 0111010001 1111110011 1101001101 1101111101 1011010001 11010000101 01110101011 0011010101 0101111111 11010101010 0111010001 1001011101 0100110101 0101010001 0111111101 0100110101 1111110111 1001111111 1001 10 10100 11110 101011 1010101 11111 11010 100 11010 10 11101 011111 100 1111 10 10101001001 11 01111111 1111111101 1000101 11011111010 110110101010 100 1111111101 10 11111011011 1101100101 010111011100 100101001001 100 1111010111 1111111101 10 1111110100 1 1001011001101010 10001111010111 11001011 1110100101010 1 01011 10 11010101010 01010000101 11010101010 01001000101 11001111101 1101010101 10110100101 1101110101 1101110101 0101110001 10011011111 0100100001 1111010101 1111010011 1011111101 01001010111 0101101110 111011100 10100110 11 100 1111010001 0110111101 1111000111 0101011011 10011111101 0101011101 0101011101 1001011111 111 1 010101 111101110 1 1101000101 1111000111 0111111111 0001010011 1111111101 10111011001 01010100111 1111010111 010001101 1101011111 11010111111 1101010101 1101001001 1101010001 1001001101 1101010111 1111010111 1111010101 0101100111 1111010111 110101010 1100 1 10 011 100 01101 1 10 10 10110101 1 1111 10 1111 1 11 1111110111 10 11100111111 11101010 1 111 10 1111110 1 1 111 1111000111 1111010111 1101110001 10110111001 1100011011 011101010000 1111010 111 0101110100 1010010100 1101011111 0111010100 11110111010 11011101010 1001011101 10 110101110 1 111101010 10 101 111101 01010 1 1111111011 10 1011011011 1001001111 11000100100 11010 1 1 110101 11110011111 1111111111 110011010110 1111010001 1011110110101 101110101 111001001011 11 101010 100 100 11111111010 1111010111 01001110101 01110101110 0001010101 10110111010 1101110111 01001010101 1001011101 0 111 011101 0111010101 10010010001 0011010001 01010111101 10110100010 1010110011 0101010110 11110101010 0011011101 100110011110 01111110110 1110111101 0111111101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 113
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 950
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; with, and, in, of, i, not, to, we, you, it, his, he, me, thee, no, thou, for, pain, your, this, have, god, would are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , would, past, and, you, a, these, i, ah, is, that, for, robert are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines , you, here, him, beyond, robert are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word empty at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , you, robert connect the lines.

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  • summary of Within And Without: Part I: A Dramatic Poem;
  • central theme;
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  • critical appreciation.

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