This is an analysis of the poem Still Heart that begins with:
When I give up the helm
I know that the time has come for thee to take it. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc Xaca db Xede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111101 111011111010 11001001001 10010 110111 110011010111 1101010011001 1111 111111110010101 1100101011101101 111010111001 1011101 10100011011 110011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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