Analysis of What My Heart Already Knows
What my head considers facts
my heart has still rejected.
Fear and daze are mute abstracts so hard to be accepted.
What my head discriminates
my heart has still rejected.
Harm and cost are heavy weights so hard to be accepted.
What my head judges as real
my heart has still rejected.
Yearns and dearth are puny meal so hard to be accepted.
What my head acknowledges
my heart has still rejected.
Cease and close are sharp wedges so hard to be accepted.
What my head seizes as truths
my heart has still rejected.
Flop and crash are certain sooths so hard to be accepted.
What my head incorporates
my heart has still rejected.
Doom and gloom are sad comates so hard to be accepted.
What my head already knows
my heart has still rejected.
Death and loss are hammer blows so hard to be accepted.
Scheme | xAa bAa xAa xAa xAa bAa xAa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1111010 10111101111010 111010 1111010 10111011111010 1111011 1111010 10111011111010 1110100 1111010 10111101111010 1111011 1111010 10111011111010 111010 1111010 1011111111010 1110101 1111010 10111011111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 770 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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