This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas For Music: There's Not A Joy The World Can Give that begins with:
There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away
When the glow of early thought declines in feeling's dull decay;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee bbffXddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010111110101 101010101010101 11111101011111 101010101110101 101110101010100 110100101110011 01001101110101 01011101110101 101010001110111 01011101011101 110111010010011 11011101110101 11110101110101 111101111110101 11110101010101 11110101111101 11111111101110 1111111110100101 101010111110110 11010101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i, as, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word then 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 Stanzas For Music: There's Not A Joy The World Can Give;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
