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

Heart of my heart, the day is chill,
The mist hangs low o'er the wooded hill,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabbccdd Aaeeddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 0111100101 011110101 011010101 011100101 111100101 11111111 11010001 10110101 100110101 011110101 100111101 111100101 110011111 11010111 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, my are repeated.

    The author used the same word heart at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Misty Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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