This is an analysis of the poem O My Hart! that begins with:
O my hart and O my hart!
My hart it is so sore,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111111 110011 1111001101 1111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; my, hart are repeated.
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