This is an analysis of the poem The Real And The Ideal that begins with:

I feel I have - and who has not?
An inner and outer life: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefcgcg Xhchibib jkjkahaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 1101101 01100101 01010101 10010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 01111101 11010100 01010101 11010100 10010101 11001101 010001111 01010101 110101010 11010101 01010101 01010110 01010101 11110101 00110101 010010101 11010111 11010111 10010111 110100111 111111001 11011110 11010101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the, there's, i are repeated.

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