This is an analysis of the poem The Fate Of The Lyrist that begins with:

The soul is ever clinging unto form;
Action, not abstract thought, alone can warm... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbbcdddceXecfffc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 1010110111 011001000111 110101 0100110101 11010010101 0110110011 01010000100 11010100001 1001101111 1101010111 00010100 11011001000 1101010010 0101000100 1110000100 1101010101 1001010101 1101010101 01110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 797
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Fate Of The Lyrist;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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