This is an analysis of the poem My Heart Is Like A Withered Nut! that begins with:

MY heart is like a withered nut,
Rattling within its hollow shell; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Aeaedfdf Adadghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 100010101 11011111 10110001 01111101 101010111 11110111 11011101 11010101 101101001 11111101 11110101 11111111 11011101 11011111 11111111 11010101 01110001 111000111 01011101 01000101 10111101 11111101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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