This is an analysis of the poem Go, Piteous Heart that begins with:

GO, pytyous hart, rasyd with dedly wo,
Persyd with payn, bleding with wondes smart,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbX XXXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101100101 1001100101 10110010111 1101010111 00111110 01011100001 1111111110 1101111 1111101100 111101001 11101110010 11111111010 11010011100001 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; with, fortune, to, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, for are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Go, Piteous Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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