This is an analysis of the poem Heel & Toe To The End that begins with:

Gagarin says, in ecstasy,
he could have ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cde Xad cff cbXXecd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100 111 11010 110 111 1110101 1101101 0100 011110 1101 0101 010101 0110101 010010 011 11111 1011 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 58
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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

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