This is an analysis of the poem Taylor's Song that begins with:

For joys the hours of earth bestow
With sorrow thou must pay....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdEEaa efefcgcgEEee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 010111 11010111 111101 01001101 110101 010100111 010101 101101 101101 11110111 101101 11111101 110101 01110111 010101 11111111 111001 11110111 110101 101101 101101 01011111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, thy, mary, anne are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word mary is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines anne is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Taylor's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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