This is an analysis of the poem Dedication To M. that begins with:

Swing of the heart. O firmly hung, fastened on what
invisible branch. Who, who gave you the push,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXeXXebXfbdXgg aXfcXXaaacXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111011011 01001111101 111010001 11110010011110 001000101001010 010010111110100 1010001 01101001101 0101011011011 11001001 11011001001 0100110100101010 1010100101010 10110 1000110100 0010110010 011100111110110 10100111001010 1111011010110 1001 110110011100100 1 01101000101001111 1110000 10111011011 00111111101010010 10000111000110 10011111110 101110111 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 668
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, how, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of Dedication To M.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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