This is an analysis of the poem The Soul Of A Poet that begins with:

I HAVE written, long years I have written
For the sake of my people and right,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dbdbebeb XeXeaaaa afafdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101110 101011011 1111010110 10011001 1111111110 11101101 1111010010 01001001 111110110 11101001 1010111110 101011011 111011010 11101101 111010010 11101011 111011010 001011011 11111100100 111011101 11111110 11101101 1111110110 111111011 1111111010 111101111 1111010110 11001001 1110011010 11001111 110110110 001111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, and, my, you, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, but, i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Soul Of A Poet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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