This is an analysis of the poem The Joys We Miss that begins with:
There never comes a lonely day but that we miss the laughing ways
Of those who used to walk with us through all our happy yesterdays....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eedd bbcc ffgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010111110101 0111010111110101 1101010101011111 1100110111011101 0101110101010101 1111011111110111 1111010101000111 1101110111010101 1101111001111111 1101110111011101 1111110101010111 1101010111111111 1101010111011111 1111010111111101 1111110111010111 1101010111111001 1101010101111111 1101010111111101 1101010101010111 0100011111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, miss, he, and, how, of, much are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Joys We Miss;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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