This is an analysis of the poem Our Hearts And Minds Wont Let Us that begins with:

The chirping of the birds are there.
Flying in and out of trees, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc d defe d bgbe ad cgccfXd fcXb aaefh df efcfffe fbcXc Xch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,4,1,4,2,7,4,5,2,7,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000111 1001101 11111 10100010 1001010011 111001011 0110101 001 110111 001101 010001 100110111001 10011010 001010 10011001 1101 11 11110101101 01000100 1100101 111011 101000101 010001101 0011100101 01011001 11010101 0101100 11010111 010001111 0010101 111010001 0010010 0101011010 11011011 11001 010010010 101101 11010100 010001 1010 11101 101010001 11011 11111 111 01010 101001010 11 0101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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