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

Spirits to whom my body's little world
Is but a tree of rest....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaa Xdedcc bfafaa fefeccc ggchXhh ifafaa baiadd fjXjii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,7,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110101 010101 11111111 1111001 0101011101 1101 01010100100 111111 01111101 010100 0111111111 1101 10011110101 011111 110110001 110101 1101000101 0101 100001 1111 1111 1100 010100101 01010111 1101 1111110111 11111111 11 10010101 101100 01011101 11 1111010111 111100 11001101 011101 1111011011 1111 010101001 100101 10011101 1100101 101101111 1011 1111110111 1101001 11010101 010111 00011101 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; with, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, whose, nor are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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