This is an analysis of the poem My Heart Is In The East that begins with:
My heart is in the east, and I in the uttermost west—
How can I find savour in food? How shall it be sweet to me?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11000111001001 111110011100101 111101111111 10101010010110101 0111010101100101 1011001100101001001010 010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i, my, and, how are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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