This is an analysis of the poem A Suplication For The Joys Of Heaven that begins with:

To the Superior World to Solemn Peace
To Regions where Delights shall never cease... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccbbaaddeeffbbgghhaaggeXaaiiddbbjjggbbddjjjjhhkkbbhXbbffggkkaahhjjhhllggkkgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00010010101 0101011101 01001100101 1101010101 01010010001 1111110111 1101110101 010010001001 1101010001 10101010101 010011000101 0011011101 0101010111 1101010101 0101001101 0101110101 00111100101 01001110001 0101001101 1101111001 1101010101 0101110001 0101010011 100110110101 0100010001 0100001001 01010100101 1101010001 1101100001 110111101 0101000101 1101000101 1111011001 0101100101 1101010101 1111011101 1101110101 0110001101 1111010101 10010001001 1101101001 01011000011 111010001 1010010001 1101011001 1101011101 10010011001 0101110011 1101011101 0101010001 1001010111 1101010001 1111111101 0101001001 1010011101 10010001001 0101100101 11011101010 0110010011 0101010101 001010001 1101110001 1101000101 11001010101 01010011001 01010101001 0101010101 10001010101 01110111001 0101010101 1101000101 1111010111 1101000101 1101010101 0101000111 01110110101 0111111101 0001001111 1111010101 11011011011 1100010101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 586
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, till are repeated.

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  • summary of A Suplication For The Joys Of Heaven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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