This is an analysis of the poem The Intellect And The Heart that begins with:

One day Intellect said to the heart
'A guide to the misguided ones I am...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cb db bb aX Xb Xb Xb cb Xb Xb XbXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111011001 1100010111 10101111001 1110101011 10110111010 1001011010011 01000010111 010010011011 111001011 00100101011 1000111001 111111111 110101001 1100011111 01001011011 1010001011 1000110110001 11010100110010011 1000010101 101001110011 110100001001 0100011001011 110100111 011010010111 110010110 01001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; to, i, of, with, but are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word am at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Intellect And The Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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