This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Joy that begins with:
Joy, thou goddess, fair, immortal,
Offspring of Elysium,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efggf hihijdjd ehXkh ciciXfXf edggd dldlcjcj eedde cfcXegeg edgGd cjcjcici ecgGc fdXdhmhm ecaac didijfjf ecnnc cecedkdkXedbbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 1100100 10100010 0110111 10101110 1110101 11111010 1111101 10 101110010 1010101 1010101 10101010 11101010 1110111 11101010 1110101 11111110 1011101 11111110 1110101 10 11101110 1010100 1111111 10011010 00101010 1010101 01101110 10100101 11001110 1110111 10101010 1110101 10 10111010 1010101 1110101 10001010 10101010 10010101 11111010 1010111 00111010 1011101 10101010 1011101 10 1110011100 0110111 1011111 1110010100 10111010 1010101 11101110 101001100 11111011 1010101 11101010 1010001 10 10101110 1010101 0010101 10111110 00111110 11100011 11001010 1000111 100111010 1001101 11111110 1010111 10 10101010 1010011 0010101 101011110 10101010 1010101 100101010 10101001 10101010 1110101 10101010 10101011 10 11101010 1011111 1011101 10111110 10111010 1110101 10111010 1010111 11101010 1010001 101010010 1010101 10 10101010 1011111 0010011 10101010 10001010 10100101 10111010 1010101 10111010 1010101 100110010 1010100 10 10101010 1010101 1010101 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
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- summary of Hymn To Joy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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