This is an analysis of the poem Should You Leave Furtively, O Inconsiderate Soul? that begins with:

Should you leave furtively, O inconsiderate soul ?
Torn from you, how shall I ever survive ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bXb XcX dXc ebe eac Xdc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111001100001 1011111001 11101111111 111110101 111111101 11010111 110110111 01010101 110110101 101001101 110100101 10101001 111111101 00101101001 1111001 110111110 110111111 101101101001 01010101010 111111101 0111100111 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, my are repeated.

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

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