This is an analysis of the poem I Thought That The Heart... that begins with:

I thought that the heart made of stone,
That it’s fully empty and dead:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac bccc dadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 10101011 11000101 01101101 111011110 01011001 110010010 1111110 010010010 1101001 111010010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; it is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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