This is an analysis of the poem Joys Within Reach that begins with:
You needn't be rich to be happy,
You needn't be famous to smile; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbacdc aebefgfg XhehdhXh aedediei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010010 11001001 1111010010 01011011 1111111010 11011001 111011010 01101011 111010010 11101101 110111010 00011001 010010110 01001011 110011110 11001001 110010011 01111001 0110011101 11011101 010111010 001000110 110110010 11101001 010010110 11011001 111011010 01011001 111111010 11011011 1010111001 01111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, and, if are repeated.
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- summary of Joys Within Reach;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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