This is an analysis of the poem L’allegro that begins with:

Felicity!
Who ope'st to none that knocks, yet, laughing weak,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccccccddcccefecfcbgddggffeehhbggiicdaXdiiddddijjkiikhXklkhlihihheeeddmmdhkggkiiXgggiiXdhXccdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 97,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 11001111101 11011011 11111111 01110111 110010111 11110101 1111010101 11111111 11010111 1111 01010101 01111111 1111010101 1111 11111100 01010111 110011 110100101 0100010101 1011 110101110101 11010101 01010101 10011101 1101001101 10110101 0110010101 11010101 1101 11110101 01010111 1111 01010101 1011110101 11011101 11001101 11010101 11010101 01010100 011101100 11010111 1111010001 10110101 1110001010101 11110111 0101001001 101001011101 1101110111 11011111 0101000101 1101011101 001111 0101 1101010101 1001111101 010010110 01010101 010101001 1101 00111101 011101 11010101 111101001 11011101 111101 1100101110101 1101101111111 01010111 110111 0101110101 101111001 111111010 001101010 11010101 01011011 10110101 11010101 11010101 11011100 10011101 01010111 11110111 11010101 11010101 1111110101 110111001 11010101 1111 110111 11110001 01001000 11110101 0111 010111001 1110 0101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3441
  • Average number of words per stanza: 618
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thee, of, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of L’allegro;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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