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

My soul lives in my body's house,
And you have both the house and her—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 111101110 10110111 10110100 01011101 111111010 111101101 110111101 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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.

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

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