This is an analysis of the poem Spirit Whose Work Is Done that begins with:
SPIRIT whose work is done! spirit of dreadful hours!
Ere, departing, fade from my eyes your forests of bayonets;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXXcdXdecfaXadXceXfbXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011001010 101010111100101 10010111110101000 10 1001001011100101010 10 1010011011110 1001010 10010101111110 1 11010011011001 010111 1111010101010010 1010001111101101 1111010110010110 11101011100001000 100111101010 10010101001100111 100101011010111 10010111101111111 11 11111011111 111100101001110 10010 10111010111111 10010110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1417
- Average number of words per stanza: 226
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; spirit, of, while, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words spirit, while, let are repeated.
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