This is an analysis of the poem Doubts that begins with:

When she sleeps, her soul, I know,
Goes a wanderer on the air,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbac ddeedXdXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 10100101 1111101 1010111 1010101 1010101 0111111 1101001 10010101 11110001 11110111 01010001 10000101 1111100 01010001 01100101 10010011 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Doubts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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