This is an analysis of the poem Body And Soul: A Metaphysical Argument that begins with:
Man openeth the case
Body, from the arrogance... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aababbaa cdceecc Xefeffed ghghhgg ibiXbii ejdjjde fhfhhii kjkjjkk ebeXbee XXejdejXlalaall hfhiihh jkXkkjj jejXdjj ememmee hnhnnhh akaXkahhjhjjhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,7,7,7,7,7,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110001 1000100 0011101 1010111 0111001 11010111 10101101 1010011 1111101 0110100 10011111 0110101 1010011 1011111 1111111 0110 1111101 110101010 11010001 110111110 010011010 11011101 11010100 01110111 01110101 11110101 11100101 011010001 010100111 11011111 11110101 110111001 01011101 110010110 10011101 11010111 00011101 10010101 11111111 00110100 11010001 110001001 11111100 01110110 111110010 11010101 1111001010 11011101 10011101 101100001 11000101 10110111 10101101 11011111 10010111 11010101 11111011 11110101 1001101 01010101 11011011 110101100 11110001 011000011 00110011 01100 1011110 1111101 1110101 1000100 1110011 1110111 10101101010 1111100 1011111 01010101 1001011 1010111 01110101 11010100 1101111 11111010 0011101 1110101 1011101 1010111 1011111 1110111 1000011 1011100 1011101 1010100 1111111 0110111 1011111 0011111 1011101 0111000 11101000 1110111 1110111 1010111 1110101 1110111 10011111 0111101 1110101 1111111 11111111 01010101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11011110 11110011 1100100 1011101 1000100 0111110 1110111 0110011 101010010010 1111110 01011101 11001111 01011111 01100011 10011101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 129
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, his, he, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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