This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Soul Xxii that begins with:
In the depth of my soul there is
A wordless song - a song that lives ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccad efaga aXda dbaXa cdfXagXh gb cb bb ehbbaXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,4,5,8,2,2,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00101110 01010111 001011 001001011 100101010 00010111 110111 111101101 1001010 01111001 001011010 11 111001101 110110011 1111101 110010 0101110 10101101 0100111 01011101 01010001001 00010111010 110110 11110 11011 101011 110111 11010100 11101 000101 11111110 00110110 111010 0010101010 111100 111101001 101000100 110101010 0010110 1110101 01010101 1101101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, i, by, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words reveal, and are repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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