This is an analysis of the poem The Heart Of The Woman that begins with:

O WHAT to me the little room
That was brimmed up with prayer and rest;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110111 11110001 11110101 11011101 01111111 010010011 01100101 11011101 11110111 11010111 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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