This is an analysis of the poem The Passing Of A Heart that begins with:

O touch me with your hands--
For pity's sake!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbcca addXcA aeecca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1101 1111010111 1101111101 1111 111011 111011 1101 1101111111 1101011110 1101 111011 111011 1101 1101100101 1111111111 1111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; touch, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word hands at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Passing Of A Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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