This is an analysis of the poem Sitting In The Middle Of It that begins with:
My heart feels like it's split open wide and bleeding.
As I'm sitting in the middle of it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cdB EBCA EBCA BBcA BEFG BEFG BBfG HFG HFGXBBDBBDBBDBDB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101101110 1010001000 10111011111101 10 10001000 11110 1111 111100101 1001010 11110 1111 111100101 1001010 10001000 1111 01100101 1001010 10001000 11110 111010101 110 10001000 11110 111010101 110 10001000 1111 1110101 110 11 10101 110 11 10101 110 10001000 10001000 10 10001000 10001000 10 10001000 10001000 10 10001000 10 10001000
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; i, sitting, in, middle, of, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, sitting are repeated.
The author used the same words i, sitting, and 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words it, feeling, feelings at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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