This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XXI that begins with:
I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul,
The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX aaa XXb ba bbbcb dcXXXXdc ee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,2,5,8,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100010111010001 01001010110101101 0111101011101010100011 11010001001101 11100110001010001 111101010101001 1101001011 11110110100101 11110100100 111001110101 00010101101110011111 1111100101101 110011111101 1111001110101001 1011100111 1101110101 110100111 1001001101 100101110010101 100100100111101 10111100010010 1001010110110111 110111110101 111101 1001110111110111 101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, poet, and, night, earth are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i, earth 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines man, night, love are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases night, earth connect the lines.
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- summary of Song Of Myself, XXI;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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