This is an analysis of the poem Soul-Music that begins with:

MY soul is as a bird
Singing in fair weather,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbacbddeebafaf dXghdgfggiifjhjh gbkbgkfddccffXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 100110 1010111010101 1001010 10111 111111101010001 10111010 10111010 111001010 1010101 11010111 111010010 1010101 1001101 0010111 1000101 110101 0101010 101010101010101 11011010 11100 1111101000100101 10111010 10101010 101001010 1011111 1011101 11101110 10101111 1100101 10101011 1010001 1010111 101010 1010101000010001 101010 11101 110010101011111 1110001 1010001 1111101 1100111 1110101 1010001 11101101 10101110 1011101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Soul-Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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