This is an analysis of the poem If I Should Need To Tear Aside that begins with:

If I should need to tear aside
The veils that hide both Heaven and Hell...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 011111011 01110111 11110111 11111101 10111111 01111101 10010011 1111111101 10110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, that are repeated.

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