This is an analysis of the poem Values that begins with:

Did you deceive me? Did I trust
A heart of fire to a heart of dust?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01011011 0101000101 110110111 11110100101 110101110 1111011010 100111001 111010101 1010101111 010110101 10110101111 1110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

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