This is an analysis of the poem Eat Your Heart Out that begins with:

I've come by, she says, to tell you
that this is it. I'm not kidding, it's...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeffcgfbehhgageXgXXeiggXgbgdfhgfXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 100001100 10000 1110110001 011101111 10 110111 1011001 110111 11 111011 101101001 11011110 100001 110101 110111 110 011 110 111 00011 0011 010 111110 001 1111 11 111011 1111 0111 1111 1110 1 110110011 1001 11111 101001001 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 848
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Eat Your Heart Out;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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