This is an analysis of the poem Envy that begins with:
It's a bigger thing you're doing than the most of us have done;
We have lived the days of pleasure; now the gray days have begun,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff gghhcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001011101010111 111010101011110 101110101010001 110010100010101 111110101110101 011010100011101 11101010111011 101110101110101 001110101111101 111010101010011 101110101110101 111110101110101 111110111111101 111010101110101 110010101111111 111000100110101 111010101110101 111010111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, have, i, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Envy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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