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

I'm not going to cry all the time
nor shall I laugh all the time,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbXXbaXXccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 011001101 1111101 110111000010 1100100000110 1101011001 10011111100 11101101010 101011011110 111010001 111111101 11111100010 101111001 11110010111 1111011 0101001100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines time is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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