This is an analysis of the poem As The Heart Hopes that begins with:

It is a year dear one, since you afar
Went out beyond my yearning mortal sight­... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddc ddXdefXe gXgXhddhXhhhhbffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0001111101 1101110101 01010101001 11100110101 01001010111 01001100101 1101011100 1110101 1111000101 0101010101 101010101 01001000100 0101010111 00101001101 110100100 110111 1111111101 1110010111 10110010100 10110001000 10111001010 1101110101 10110100101 0101010 1101000101 10010100101 1011010101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010111 1111010101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of As The Heart Hopes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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