This is an analysis of the poem The Genesis Of A Soul that begins with:
When I crawl and creep in the withered grass,
And, hid among rocks, I lie ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b a b c dc d e be bf df d g hg hf df d bb X b bc dc d h bh bf df d i ji jf df d c bc be deXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111100101 1101111 1110101111 11110101 1110100101 010101 11111101001 110001 11111101 1100111 1111100101 110111 110100111 110111 1111111101 110001 11111101 110111 110111001 10100101 11110100111 111011 1110100101 110001 11110111 111111 011001 111101001 110101 111011101 110111 1110100111 110001 111101001 110111 11010101 010101 111011101 111111 1110110101 110001 11110111 010111 11110101 010111 11011101 110111 111010101 110001 11110111 110111 11111111 0111101 11110101 110111 1101101001 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 38
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.
The author used the same words and, on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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