This is an analysis of the poem My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is that begins with:

My mind to me a kingdom is;
Such perfect joy therein I find... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdd eXefgg hghgee fcfaii cjcjbb acaXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010100 10110111 10011101 11110101 11111111 11110101 11011101 11010100 11010101 11010101 01011111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11111101 11110101 11011101 11111101 11011101 11111101 11111111 11111101 11110101 11100101 11110101 11110101 11011111 11100101 11111111 11111111 11011011 11011101 11011101 11100110 11111011 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, another's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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