This is an analysis of the poem Give Your Heart To The Hawks that begins with:

1 he apples hung until a wind at the equinox,
That heaped the beach with black weed, filled the dry grass ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1494
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 3109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, ', to, of, she, said, his, i, it, they, that, on, he, you, would, not, rock, has, from, in, your, i'll, them, thy, with, lance, nothing, wind, him, over, for, 'it, my, we, time, one, came, all, fayne, have, dream, old, up, what, no, hand, night, star, men, us, but are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, and, from, he, sometimes, i, they, his, her, about, that, on, never, as, for, a, you, nor are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, i, and, about, that, he, do, you, nor 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 ', it, up, fallen, rose, legs, her, him are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ', your, they 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 words/phrases nothing, ', vile, go connect the lines.

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