This is an analysis of the poem Come That My Soul Has No Repose that begins with:

Come that my soul has no repose
Has no strength to bear the injustice of waiting...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XX Xa Xb XX bX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111101 111010010010 10010001101001 1110100100001010 1101101100 1101011011 0100111010001 1110101101 011110010010 01101010101 11101111 1101010100110 11110110 101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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