This is an analysis of the poem Three Songs that begins with:
LOVE, thou art best of Human Joys,
Our chiefest Happiness below;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabcdccd X efeX gcgc X dXdaaXaX afaf hfhf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,4,4,1,8,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11010001 11010111 10011011 11011101 11111111 11010101 11101111 11010101 100010001 1 10101110 1110001 11111010 1010001 11111010 1110111 10101010 1110111 1 11010111 10010101 10110101 01011101 01110011 11011110 11110001 110110101 01111101 10011101 10110111 00010101 11111001 11111101 11111111 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Three Songs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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