This is an analysis of the poem The Inward Morning that begins with:

Packed in my mind lie all the clothes
Which outward nature wears, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbbb acdc bebe efdf Xaaa Xaba egbg eaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 110101 10010101 011101 01111101 1111001 11110101 1001101 10010111 1101011 11010101 000101 11011101 010101 100010101 010101 11010111 010111 110100101 011101 10110101 0111010 11010101 1101010 11011101 110101 00010011 1111011 10011001 101101 11011101 110111 10010111 010101 01000101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Inward Morning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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