This is an analysis of the poem Penelope's Song that begins with:

Little soul, little perpetually undressed one,
Do now as I bid you, climb...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXacddeXeXfeXeaXbfbcaeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001000011 1111111 011100011 11010101 01011110011 001100 1001110010 01100110010 1111110 0101011 110110010101001 10 01110110 01001100 1010101 101111010101 1110010101 100100101100 11 1000010110 011011111 11101001 010010 11001001 0100101 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 885
  • Average number of words per stanza: 154
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Penelope's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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