This is an analysis of the poem Satisfied With Life that begins with:
I have known the green trees and the skies overhead
And the blossoms of spring and the fragrance they shed;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbdd aaeeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111011101101 1010001101011 111011101001 101001101001 11111111001 111001101111 111011101101 111011011001 111011011011 11001111111 11001111111 11011111001 111001111101 111011001101 111101011111 11011011001 111111011111 11101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, i, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Satisfied With Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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