This is an analysis of the poem Craven-Heart that begins with:

Those anguished voices in the air!
Oh, I could shriek and tear my hair... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd eee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11010001 11111111 01010101 11010101 11110011 01010101 11111011 11110011 11110101 11110111 110100111 01110101 11110101 11100101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Craven-Heart;
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