This is an analysis of the poem Happiness that begins with:
Happiness, to some, elation;
Is, to others, mere stagnation.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXbb aXccddaaaaeebb ddff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,14,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001010 00101010 1010100 1010100 10010100 1011101 1000101 1010100 101110010 11101110 10101010 10100010 1011101 1010101 10100101 1010101 100101110 11111010 10100110 1010101 10011010 11101010 1010101 1010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it are repeated.
The author used the same word happiness at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Happiness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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