This is an analysis of the poem Heartbreak Seems So Easy that begins with:
People...
Today can be so evil....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aA XBXB aA XBXB CXBXBXB Xdcd CXBXBXB XdXBXB aA XBXB aA XBXB XcBXB aA XBXB aA XBXBXBX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,4,7,4,7,6,2,4,2,4,5,2,4,2,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 0110110 101110 00 101110 00 10 0110110 101110 00 101110 00 101110 10101110 00 101101 00 101101 00 1110101 011101 111110 1010101 101110 10101110 00 101101 00 101101 00 110101110 101001 101110 00 101110 00 10 0110110 101110 00 101110 00 10 0110110 101110 00 101110 00 11010001010101 0110110 00 101110 00 10 0110110 101110 00 101110 00 10 0110110 101110 00 101110 00 101110 00 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, so are repeated.
The author used the same word 'heartbreak at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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