This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Throw My Heart Away that begins with:
It's never beneath me.
To show it above, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCb ADBD XXef Afe Aef ADBD EE AEEA ABCb AEEEEA AbAXEEEEA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,3,3,4,2,4,4,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010011 01001 11011111 1010111 1010011 100101 01101101 11110011 11101 111010 1010101 00110110111 111101 111010100 110101001 111101 11011001 01110100 1010011 100101 01101101 11110011 11100011110 0011100010010 111101 11100011110 0011100010010 111101 010011 01001 11011111 0010011 111101 11100011110 0011100010010 11100011110 0011100010010 111101 1010011 01111 111101 11100011110 0011100010010 11100011110 0011100010010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my are repeated.
The author used the same word don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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