This is an analysis of the poem A Broken Heart Is Seldom Forgotten that begins with:

A product of my past,
And those influencing the environment......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcb dcbcb aXcXdd dXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 11110000100 000101100 011010 10101100 01001000 01110100101 1101 0101010010 101000101 110101 01101011 110101010101 01100100010101100 101001111110 11000010111110100 11010010100 11 11110100100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of A Broken Heart Is Seldom Forgotten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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