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

I.
Night, with her power to silence day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ababab cdcdcd X efXfXf aeaeae ghghgh X Xhghgh aiaiXi hXXhXh ejejej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,1,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100100101 111101 10111111 010101 10010101 110101 11011101 10111110 11010111 01011010 10101101 0111010 1 110011010 100101 11011101 010101 111101110 111101 01010101 111101 11110111 010101 010101011 010011 11110101 11101001 11011011 0010101 11110101 100101 1 11011110 010101 01010101 010100 11010111 110111 11010111 110001 11011111 001111 11100100 110011 01010100 110100 11010100 110101 000101000 001001 11111101 1010111 11010101 111101 001010101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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