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

Crotchets—odd mixings up of soul and sense—
(Sense, if the truth were told, oft mastering Soul)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010111 10010111001 1111110100 1101010101 1101001111 01111111010 1110110100 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sense connects the lines.

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  • summary of Fragment.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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