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

Now that we've done our best and worst, and parted,
I would fill my mind with thoughts that will not rend.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaabcbcdedeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111111110 11111011011 11111111010 1101011011 10011011110 1111011101 11111101110 10110010101 1101101101 11010011010 111111100101 10110011010 1101110011 11101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Busy Heart, The;
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