This is an analysis of the poem He Is More Than A Hero that begins with:

He is more than a hero
he is a god in my eyes-- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb cXd efX eXd afcXeab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 1001011 011001 010111 1101000 001100 110010 101111 111011 110011 111010 011110 111010 1010111 101101 1001110 111101 11111 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, my are repeated.

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

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