This is an analysis of the poem My Burning Heart that begins with:

My heart is burning with love
All can see this flame...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeXbddddabedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 11101 11010010 111110 1110110 100101100 101101 1101111011 01101011 1001010 111011 010110 0101 0101001 111010 00101 111110 011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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  • summary of My Burning Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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