This is an analysis of the poem Exposed On The Cliffs Of The Heart that begins with:

Exposed on the cliffs of the heart. Look, how tiny down there,
look: the last village of words and, higher,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXcXacbddXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01101001111011 1011001110 1110111 110101110 01101001100 10111011 1011101011 101011100001 10111110101 1010101101001 1011010 10110101001 110101101110 100010110101 010101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 681
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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