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

I DO not ask for roses all the time,
For blue skies bending o'er me every day, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ebebdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 111101011001 1111110101 1111110101 0101111111 1101011101 1101110101 1101110101 1101110101 1101010101 01011000101 0101011001 1111110111 1111110111 0101111101 1100110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; for, and, to, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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