This is an analysis of the poem The Journey From School And To School that begins with:

O what a joyous joyous day
Is that on which we come... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb deXe fXfg fbab ahah bebe dada fXfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 011111 10010101 110011 1101011 010101 11010101 110101 01110111 0111010 010111001 1101010 01110101 011010 10110111 1111001 111101001 111111 11111101 111011 01110100 10011 110011101 111111 11011111 0111010 11110001 1111010 111111001 110001 011011001 110101 11010111 111110 01011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; and, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, sometimes, that, who are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Journey From School And To School;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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