This is an analysis of the poem A Heart To Heart Talk that begins with:
THEY tell me that I 'm spoiling you,
I The neighbors say that you should be...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca ccccdada aXaXbaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101 101011110 11010111 11110101 111101111 01011111 11110101 11110111 11110001 11110111 11011101 11111101 01011111 11011111 11111101 01110111 11110101 11010111 11110111 110111110 11110111 11111101 111111100 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word too at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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