This is an analysis of the poem When I Am Only I that begins with:
When I am only I,
The secret battle--ground... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba aaXa XcXc Xdcd abXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 010101 011001 101101 11101 111101 0110001 101101 1111001 101111 0100111 010101 100101 010101 101101 11011 011001 011101 111111 1110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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