This is an analysis of the poem When Heard that begins with:
I was told to approach them.
To tell them what the deal was....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXB XaB XXb bccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 0101011 11111 10111 1101110100 11111 1101000 011010 111111 1110100101 1111101 11 010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word at at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of When Heard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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