This is an analysis of the poem My Heart Leaps Up that begins with:

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccabcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 011001 11011101 10011101 10011111 1111 01010001 11111100 11011100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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