This is an analysis of the poem The Flaming Heart that begins with:

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O heart, the equal poise of love's both parts,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXeeffeeggeeddhheeiiadbXeeee X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,34,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010111 1010111 10110011101 1111110101 1111111111 1111111101 10010110001 1001011100 11011111110 01110000101 11010001111 0101000111 1111010111 0101011101 0101011110 1101011111 01010011100 1111011101 11010100010 111101110 1101001101 11111101 11110101001 1111011111 11111101010 11110101010 1011001101 1111011110 11011101 11000100 11011101 11001101 11111111 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, of, all, by, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , by are repeated.

    The author used the same word at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Flaming Heart;
  • central theme;
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