This is an analysis of the poem Out Of The Heat that begins with:

Go away...
You heartbreak sender....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD ABBECccc Cc fcXFF ABCD ABBE CAcAXAfAaXf FF ABBE AgHFFXAgHFFFAFAFAF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,2,5,4,4,11,2,4,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 11110 11001 111101 101 11110010 11001010 1101 110101011 111 001 1001 110101011 101 11011111 1 11010 1001 1001 101 11110 11001 111101 101 11110010 11001010 1101 110101011 1101 11010001 1101 1101000101 1101 1101010100 1101 11101 11011 01 1001 1001 101 11110010 11001010 1101 101 0 11 1001 1001 101 0 11 1001 1001 1001 101 1001 101 1001 101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; we, that, out, of, heat are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word out is repeated.

    The author used the same words go, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines heat is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Out Of The Heat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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