This is an analysis of the poem The Joy To Be that begins with:
Oh, mother, be you brave of heart and keep
your bright eyes shining;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXaXa bcbcXded XaeXXeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100110111 11110 1101011111 11100 01011101010 1110 1111110111 11010 110101011101 110 1101010111 010010 11110101111 1010 1111010111 01010 11010101110 1110 0101011101 01010 01010100111 01010 0100101010101 110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Joy To Be;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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