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

My heart rebels against my generation,
That talks of freedom and is slave to riches, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX bacb daed daef gbaX efeg ecbe abeg Xacd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111010 11010101010 11011101010 10010 11110111110 11010101010 10011101010 10010 11110101010 01110101011 01000110110 11010 01110101010 01011101010 01110101010 10011 11111100110 11110111110 11010101110 10011 110101001110 10110101010 11010111110 10010 10110101010 01010101010 11010100010 10010 11111101010 10110001010 10011110010 10110 11011111010 01010001010 11010111010 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, and, her, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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