This is an analysis of the poem The Soule that begins with:
Thee, eye of heaven, this great soule envies not;
By thy male force is all wee have begot;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXbXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010011101 1111011101 0011110101 1101110101 1110011110 1101111101 1111110101 1111110111 1011111001 11111010111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 470
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of The Soule;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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