This is an analysis of the poem Jealousy-Fever to Oneness-Heart that begins with:

Jealousy,
You are my mind's purity-stealer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb bXXXc bacXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 100 111110010 11111010 11110100010 1110010 1010101 011001 10010111100 010110101 11010 00100100100 10110110 111011 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you, my are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Jealousy-Fever to Oneness-Heart;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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