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

AS a butterfly renew'd,
When in life I breath'd my last,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c b ca d b a b ad e f f X fe X g d g dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011111 0011111 1010101 10110001 1011101 1010111 1111011 1010101 1010111 1111111 1010111 1110101 10101001 1110100 10101010 1010101 1111101 1111101 100101010 11011101 100101110 1110111 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 36
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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