This is an analysis of the poem The Broken Heart that begins with:

He is stark mad, who ever says,
That he hath been in love an hour, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd efefaXdd fdfdgghh ieieggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111101 111001110 11111101 11011011010 10011011 11110101 1111110111 1101010101 1110001 01001101 11010101 0101110111 11011111 11011101 1111111111 1001011101 10111001 01111111 11010001 1001110101 00110111 11111101 1101011101 1111010011 11010101 11010101 11111111 1101110111 11110101 01010101 1101111101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, i, us are repeated.

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