This is an analysis of the poem Three Poems By Heart that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXbc cd edf X ggX fh cc fih gcc ege bc X gebc Gb c a Xbbeb cbX fhjcc GiXd ghXcc ffX djX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,2,3,1,3,2,2,3,3,3,2,1,4,2,1,1,5,3,5,4,5,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111010 00100011 0011010 11110010 11011 10000111 1000111 10101001 011010110 1 1001 1001 1011110101000 111011010110 011010 1110101011 11001010101 11010 110001 01011010 100110111 1001111 1010010001101 1101011 11101 1110101001 0101001010 01110101 1 010111 0110 1100100010 010100100 010111 101 010 101 010111001 101111 11001 1110101 1010 110101 1010011 100010011 101110 1100101 1010110 11010101 1011 010111 101001 10110 1111 1010010 1110010 11011101 00101001 01100010 01011010 1101000010 00100100010 110011 101010010 10100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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  • summary of Three Poems By Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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