This is an analysis of the poem Self-Discpiline that begins with:

WHEN the soul sought refuge in the place of rest,
Overborne by strife and pain beyond control, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111000101 10011110101 01101010101 1010001 11101110101 10111011101 10101010111 1010001 10101110111 101101011100 11101011111 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; , of, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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