This is an analysis of the poem Heat that begins with:

From plains that reel to southward, dim,
The road runs by me white and bare;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXdedXdfgfg hihijkjk glXlchXh bgbgdmdmXmmmmebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 01111111 10110101 01110001 10111010 10010101 01110100 010101 10110100 01010101 11000101 01110001 01010101 01011101 00111101 010111 01100101 10011100 1101000111 10010111 10110101 01010101 01011101 011001 10111111 11000101 01100101 11010101 01110111 00011001 010011100 010101 01000111 01000101 011010011 01010001 11110101 01011111 01111101 011101 11011011 01111111 001011011 11111101 11111100010 111100101 001100010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Heat;
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