This is an analysis of the poem A Relapse that begins with:

I thought that I had done with fleshly things,
That in the azure of high thought my soul... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabacdeecd
  • 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: 1111110101 1001001111 1101110101 0011001001 1111110101 01110111001 11001000101 1111010101 1101110110 1011011100 1001011111 1011011101 0101111101 11110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • 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; of is repeated.

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