This is an analysis of the poem John Walsh that begins with:

A strange life--strangely passed!
We may not read the soul... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccaX daadeeaa fggfcchh XaabccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 111101 11110101 0111 11111101 11011111 11110101 11110101 110001 110101 11010001 0101 11111101 01010101 01000111 11010101 110111 1001001 01110101 0101 01011111 01010101 11000111 01011111 110101 110101 11110101 1100 11110101 11010001 11011101 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ' is repeated.

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

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