This is an analysis of the poem When That Body And The Soul Meets that begins with:

If it's felt with-in-side,
And you've got it...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBBdbbeX ABCBBXfb BEGEHEGE BEGEHEGE GEBEGEBEGEBEEG BDBDD FBDBDDXFBDBDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,8,8,14,5,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001 1110 1010 11010011 0110 1100110 101010 10111 101 100 001001 1110 1010 11010011 0110 11001 100 111 00111010 11101011 00101101 11101011 01101111 11101011 11000111 11101011 00111010 11101011 00101101 11101011 01101111 11101011 11000111 11101011 00101101 11101011 00111010 11101011 00101101 11101011 00111010 11101011 00101101 11101011 00111010 11101011 11101011 00101101 1010111 0010 1011101 0010 110 11001 1010111 0010 1011101 0010 110 11001 1010111 0010 1011101 0010 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; that, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, when are repeated.

    The author used the same words if, few at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines meets is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words meets, healing 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 When That Body And The Soul Meets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar