This is an analysis of the poem Alma; Or, The Progress Of The Mind. In Three Cantos. - Canto I. that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccdded eeefdefggcc eehXXhbbii ggddddeebbjj jjgkee ddffggllffdd ccggdd aacc kgddggeejj ddjjmmddXd Xcjjgge neeeggXghhccffddmdXmggbb llffmm ddjjooiiccii oolljjgg ccddiigg jejegegeddjjaa eeggcciijjffiijjccff pXddhh eejjmmddccbbee ppcchhaimmcc Xgeehheebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,10,12,6,12,6,4,10,10,7,24,6,12,8,8,14,20,6,14,12,19,11,4,14,2,6,11,8,8,6,10,18,12,12,7,5,2,20,10,6,6,8,2,16,16,13,11,6,4,10,8,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 01001101 01010111 11111111 11010111 101011101 11110101 01001101 11110101 11011111 10010101 0101 1101 10010101 11010101 01010111 0 101 101 11110101 010010111 11111101 110011101 01010111 01010101 01011101 0 110 001 11100111 01010111 110101010 111101110 101100001 11110101 101101010 010100010 11011111 11000101 11010101 100011111 11111111 01110111 11110111 01011101 0111001100 01011100100 0111010010 111111010 10010101 11111101 11011101 111100111 11010101 11011101 111110010 011101110 10110111 11011101 11110111 11010001 110100110 010111010 11011101 11110001 11011111 11111101 111101110 011111010 11111101 11011101 11110111 110100111 100101010 011101010 01010111 10111101 11010101 01110001 011101010 110111110 10011101 11100101 1101110010 010101010 11010101 01011101 01111111 11010101 11010101 11011101 110101100 111110010 01000100 11010101 11110101 010010111 01111101 01010001 111110010 10 0101010 11010111 01110001 01110001 01010101 111101010 01010101 11011101 10011111 110101010 000101110 110111010 010101010 01010111 11011010 101110101 1 1100 00 11010101 01110101 01010111 11011111 11001111 10010101 11010011 01110111 11110101 01110111 01111101 11010101 11110001 01011101 01011101 11010011 111100110 110101010 11010011 11110001 010111010 011101110 11100101 11111101 11011111 11011101 11010001 01011101 11111101 11011101 01110101 11011001 010111001 11110101 11010100 11111110 110101010 111111010 111110101 11010111 01011001 01111101 11110101 10010101 11110101 11010111 01111101 11111011 11010101 11001001 11010111 11110111 01111101 11010101 10110111 11111101 11010101 01110111 1100111010 100101010 11110101 11111101 01110101 11010101 1111010010 110111110 11111010 11110110 11010101 11011111 10111101 11111101 110101110 011101100 01111111 11000111 11110101 11011111 11010111 10010001 11110001 11110101 01110101 11010111 11000101 010100101 01110101 11011101 11010011 01110101 11110101 11011101 010101110 11101010 10111011 010001001 11010101 11110001 10010101 011100110 010010101 11011101 11011101 11010111 1001100 1101011 01101101 01001101 10110111 010110101 1001001 11110101 11011101 01001101 11110101 100111111 11011101 11010111 01110101 01010001 11110101 11010101 11110101 110010111 01011111 01010001 101101010 111101100 11010101 11010101 11011101 110100100 11010111 111111011 11011101 11110101 1110101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11111101 10010111 11010111 11010001 11110101 11011101 111101110 111111010 01010111 10011101 01011111 11010101 00110001 10111101 100111010 010110010 111000001 11010101 110100111 11110101 11010111 11011111 01011111 01110101 11010100 11101101 10010111 11001101 11011101 100101001 11111111 011111010 110111110 00011111 110 10 101 110111111 110111011 11110001 11010101 10110110 11010101 11010101 01011101 010101010 110011010 11101111 11110110 010011101 01011111 11111111 11111111 00111101 11111101 010101011 10101101 11010101 11001101 111100101 11010101 111101001 11011101 01010111 11110111 011100101 01111111 01011101 11010101 10010111 11010101 01010101 010101101 01110001 11011111 010101010 111101010 11110001 11011011 10011111 11011111 11111101 11011111 01110101 11011101 11010101 01011101 111111001 0100100101 10010001 01010111 10111111 11010101 11111101 11011101 11010101 11011001 110011111 010111011 11001111 01011101 010111010 010111110 100011101 11011101 01100 1100 011001011 01011101 01010101 10010 1010 1101110010 110111010 110111010 011101010 111101110 101101010 110100010 11010101 11010101 10110101 11001111 10010011 11011111 11110001 11110111 101101110 111100011 110101110 100101110 11011101 11000101 11010111 01110001 010101010 110101110 111011010 110111010 110101110 110101110 011100011 010101010 11001011 010111001 111001101 110010101 110101110 111111110 110111001 11110101 111101010 010100010 01100101 01011101 100101010 010101010 10110111 011111010 110101010 010001010 110001010 111101010 11110101 1100011100 01000101 11110111 1101110010 010111010 110110101 1101101 10 111 1 11 11010111 10110101 11110101 11010101 011100010 11010101 01010101 11110101 101101110 111101010 11010101 11110101 11110101 11100101 10001101 01010101 100111010 111101010 11110101 010101001 1111111110 110101010 110100010 110101110 11011101 01110001 111001110 11010010110 01100101 10110111 11111111 10111001 110100110 110100110 111101010 110110011 11110101 01010101 01110101 110111010 110101010 10110001 11010101 10010101 11011101 010101101 110101010 11011110010 11111111 01010101 110111110 111101010 011100010 011100010 11011111 11110101 11010011 11011101 01010101 11011101 110101110 111101010 010010101 01010101 01110101 01011101 10110111 100010101 11011111 01110101 111101111 10011101 10110111 0100011 110101001 11011101 10011111 011011101 01000101 10010101 10010111 11001101 11011110 11010001 111111110 1111110110 11001111 11110101 01011111 11010011 111111010 111101110 11011101 01011101 11010101 10011101 11100101 10011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 54
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 533
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, they, and, it, your, his, he, thus, to, their, from, you, her, four are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, if, that, to, he are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, him are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases it, verse connect the lines.

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

  • summary of Alma; Or, The Progress Of The Mind. In Three Cantos. - Canto I.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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