This is an analysis of the poem From A Full Heart that begins with:

In days of peace my fellow-men
Rightly regarded me as more like...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede ffgg hXhdXiai aabb fjfjdkdk llmm cciiXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 100101111 0101010100 110111111 110100101 111101011 01010011 111101010 1010101010101 010011100110101 1010101011111 010010101110001 11010111 110111100 11001101 010111010 01010101 111101110 01011101 110100010 1010101010101 010010100110101 1010101010111 010010111110001 01010101 010111010 11010111 010101010 11010101 111101010 11010101 110100110 1010101110101 010010100110001 1010101110101 010010101110001 10100011011010 1010011010010 1011011010110 10100101011010 1010010011010 1010110110100 111101101111 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, to, of, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of From A Full Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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