This is an analysis of the poem My Heart Is Consumed With Longing that begins with:

My heart is consumed with longing,
Waiting for you, wasting away !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX cXd bcb Xef abc gea ebe cdX bfg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 10111001 11110111 11001101 110001110010 1001011110 111101010 11100101001 000101001010 0100010001 11001010111 1010101010110 0101011 11100101110 100100011111 0011100110 100100101 10100011110 110101001 0010010111 0110010010 1111010 111101010 11010110110 110100101 001011011101 0110111001 0101001 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 659
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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  • summary of My Heart Is Consumed With Longing;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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