This is an analysis of the poem My Heart Thy Lark that begins with:
Why dost thou want to sing
When thou hast no song, my heart?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac ddddXdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101 1111111 0100101001 1000111 10111011 1101111 000111101 1101001 101111 110011 1011100101 0010111 00101111 1101101 00011111011 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
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