This is an analysis of the poem Heart It Is, Not A Brick Or Stone that begins with:

Heart it is, not a brick or stone
Why shouldn't it feel the pain? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXXcdbaebXffdXaXaeXefXXccbXbXXbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 1100101 1110001 111101101 10010101 1111111 1011011101 110101101 0010111101 1110111 1111000011 11010001001 01001001010 10100010110 11010100100 11001011 010111010 0010010110010 01101001001 1111011010 10100101 110100101 11001101 11111010 101010001 110100100 1111111 1110110001 1101100 010110 1010111 1111101 0101010 11001001001 1100101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 231
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Heart It Is, Not A Brick Or Stone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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