This is an analysis of the poem I Have Searched My Soul that begins with:

I have searched my soul,
With a deepness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXBXb AXB BCBcBCBC DEFDfXeAXf BCBcBCBC AXB DEFAXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,8,10,8,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 0010 1001 1010001 1010001 11111 0010 1001 101 1100 101 10100 101 110 11101 1111 11 11111 1110111 11 110100 10111 1 11111 0010 111111 101 1100 101 10100 101 110 11101 1111 11111 0010 1001 11 11111 1110111 11111 0010 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, more, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word complete at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I Have Searched My Soul;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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