This is an analysis of the poem My Heart, My Traveler that begins with:

My heart, my fellow traveler
It has been decreed again...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbXcaX Xdee cXXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100 0100101 1111011 110101001 101001 01101 0010001010 0110010 011011 001010101 11010001 1001011 011110 111010111 11000010100 010101 010111 1110101 0000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of My Heart, My Traveler;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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