This is an analysis of the poem I Heard Thee Laugh that begins with:

I HEARD thee laugh,
And in this merriment ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbcXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 100100 101010011 1111101 0101 11001 11101 10101 1111 101110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase alone connects the lines.

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  • summary of I Heard Thee Laugh;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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