This is an analysis of the poem Questions And Answer that begins with:
HAD I a heart till that day?
Who knows, who knows?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaaX bXXbX cacca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101111 1111 1011101101 100111001 00100111 1111110 111111 110111111 01111111110 1101011 1111101 1010 011101111 1010101101 111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i is repeated.
The author used the same word could at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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