This is an analysis of the poem The Heart Of Joy that begins with:

DEAR, do you sigh that your love may not stay with you,
Laugh with and play with you, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabba aaaa cca dddaeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111101 101101 101101 1011 11110110111 11011011111 1111 100111101111 111111 111111 1101 11011011111 11110110111 1011 111110111111 111111 101111 1111 11110011011 11011111111 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; with, you, for, and, us are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, me, for, us, love are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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