This is an analysis of the poem Sorrow And Joys that begins with:

Bury thy sorrows, and they shall rise
As souls to the immortal skies, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa fff ggg hhhXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101111 11000101 11111101 111101110 110100010 110111110 11110111 10111101 10011101 010101001 010010111 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 10010101 11010101 10011111 01000101 1100101101 11111011 01010101 11010101 11011111 10011111 1000100101 11010101 11001101 110101011 11110001 11110101 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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