This is an analysis of the poem The Winding Stair that begins with:
My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair;
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddc eefedggd daadhiih bXXbXbba eggedddd X jaajfddf ejjebjjb dkkdceecXfbbfbiib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111100010101 1111010101 01010100100 01010101 1001110101 1100100101 11011101 1101010001 110100010111 0101011101 1101110101 10010100 110010101001 01110111 01010111 1101011001 1111001010001 1101010111 100000111 10010111 0101010101 11010100 00111101 0100010111 111000100100100 1100010101 10011110100 11011111 11000101010 10000001 11110101 0100010111 111100110101 1100010001 1101011111 11011101 0001110001 100101010 100110010 11110111001 1 110101011101 1100010101 1100110111 01110101 01010011001 01110001 00101101 1101001100 0101010100 10010101101 110010101 01000101 101010111 11111001 11000101 0101100101 1110010101 1101000101 0001100111 01110011 1001110101 010111 1110011 0110110001 1110010001 10001010101 1001011101 11111101 1101010001 1111111 1111101 101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; upon, still, of, and, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words upon, what, we are repeated.
The author used the same words my, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase everything connects the lines.
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