This is an analysis of the poem How Beautiful The Earth Is Still that begins with:

How beautiful the Earth is still
To thee–how full of Happiness; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdccd Xeefgggf hhcc iiff bXbbbe jkjf eeel mmmlnnnf ccck XXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,4,4,6,4,4,8,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000101 01010100 1101011 110010001 101111101 11011001 010101 11110101 01011101 111111 11101110 10010100 11110101 0110001 11110111 01110101 11011101 011101 10111101 11100101 11010101 11011101 11010111 11111101 110010101 01111111 11111111 010100 10111101 11000101 110010101 000101 111100010 10010100 110111010 01011000 10111101 11011001 11010100 010101 11100111 11111101 11110101 111101 11000111 100010001 11011101 110111 01011011 011100101 101100101 010100 111 101110110110001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; how is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, the are repeated.

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  • summary of How Beautiful The Earth Is Still;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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