This is an analysis of the poem Misapprehension that begins with:

Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
With my heart's blood imbued,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcccXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111101 011101 1001010001 0101 100101 11 1111111111 110100 11 1101011 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; with is repeated.

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  • summary of Misapprehension;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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