This is an analysis of the poem Inexorable that begins with:

MY thoughts hold mortal strife;
   I do detest my life, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXcbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 110111 100101 101101 1111111100 1111101 1101110101 1101010101 0101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more 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; my is repeated.

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