This is an analysis of the poem Multiple Souls that begins with:

Avatars we all are.
With multiple souls, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaAbcacabb aAacdbdccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 01001 0100010 10010011 11001 011010 110101 111000101 101100001 01001101011 1011111001 0100010 100110 11011001 01010101001 11010110 0101 10100101001 11010001 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Multiple Souls;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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