This is an analysis of the poem The World Is With Me that begins with:

The world is with me, and its many cares,
Its woes--its wants--the anxious hopes and fears ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaababcdcdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0100110101 0101010111 1111010001 0101010100 1001010101 1001011101 10101000101 1111111101 1101010011 1011000101 1101000101 11010101001 1101000101 11000110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, its are repeated.

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