This is an analysis of the poem Interval Of Joy that begins with:

We were happy all that morning
Ο God how happy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbbcccadbAdefXegg XgcX Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 11110 1010110101 1101 01111111010010 111100111100101 0100101 10110010110 110110101110 010110 10101110 0011011 111010100111 111101001011010 11111011 11101101001 11011111 101101001001 1100101111100101 111001000101 1101111010 1111 110001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, ' are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines trees is repeated).

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  • summary of Interval Of Joy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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