This is an analysis of the poem The Over-Heart that begins with:
Above, below, in sky and sod,
In leaf and spar, in star and man,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbab Xccdc effeX bffbf fggfX bddbd aaaaa XaaXa haaha ebbeb ijjij dXadaXfbbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 01110111 110101001 01010101 01010001 110010110 00110101 11010111 01110111 01011101 10110111 01010101 110010101 11010101 011001100 11010101 01010101 010100100 11010101 01010011 11010111 011101101 11010101 01110111 10110100 11011111 111000111 01010101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010111 11011101 01010101 01110101 11010100 100111101 11110011 10110101 010100101 111101010 11011101 11010101 101100010 01010010 10010001 1101001011 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010111 101100101 01000111 11011101 110100101 01110101 010111000 01110101 110100100 01010101 01010101 01010111 110101001 01010001 11001101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; in, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Over-Heart;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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