This is an analysis of the poem You Have Broken My Heart that begins with:

O my mind,
Time and again ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1101 111011 01100 11110 111010 10111010 001001 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

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  • summary of You Have Broken My Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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