Analysis of My Heart Lies
My heart lies taken
My heart lies broken
My heart lies faulted
My heart lies guilted
My heart lies tearing
My heart lies slowing
My heart lies forsaken
My heart lies forgetten
My heart lies unforgiven
My heart lies disheartened
| Scheme | AABBCCAAAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11110 11110 11110 1111 11110 11110 111010 1111 111010 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on September 18, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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