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

The wild heart grew white in the forest;
Dark anxiety...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXacdabeccffXbcXbedXcghghcab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110010 10100 011101 10011 1100010 010101011011 00101 101111 0010010 1001 0110010 11010 011010 10111111111111010 0011 011 1001 0100111101011111111 0101 1110010010 01110 1001101 0101 00111 0101011 0101010 11110 0011 0110 11 1000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 810
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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