This is an analysis of the poem Joy that begins with:

I never knew the joy of getting home,
I never knew how fast a heart could beat;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaXcbbc XabbaXbddb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101110111 110101 1011101 1101011101 1101010001 1101010001 11111011 10111011 00111110101 1101010111 11101010101 1110110 1110101 11100010001 1101010101 1101110110 110101 1110101 10111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; never, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Joy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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