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

O differing human heart,
Why is it that I tremble when thine eyes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXccXbcaXcbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100101 1001110111 11011100101 11110111 11000100010 1101000 0001110111 1011110101 11011011101 010101010011 1111 1111110111 0011111011 111010111 101000010111000 110100 1100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 642
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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