This is an analysis of the poem Isolation : A Fragment that begins with:

My Maker shunneth me :
Even as a wretch stricken with leprosy,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdcd XeeXaXb ddX XdXd Xffghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,3,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110101 10101100100 1111000100 111011101001 01010110001 1111001 11010011101 0101100 1101111001 1111111101 1110110111 10111111101 011110 1101001100 010101 0111110101 0101110100 110111010 1101111100 001101 101111100101 11000110 1111010011 11010111101 110011100100 10110011101 110110 10001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; of, to are repeated.

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