This is an analysis of the poem St. James's Day that begins with:
Sit down and take thy fill of joy
At God's right hand, a bidden guest,... 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: ababcbcb adeddfdX gegXhbhb hbhXbibi abebjfjf kakalXlX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11110101 10011101 10011101 11010101 11011101 11011101 01101111 1010110011 01111111 01011100 01000101 01101111 01110111 10010101 1101111110 11111101 01010100 01110111 100111010 100011101 10110101 11011101 11110101 101011101 10110111 11111101 1101011010 11010111 11010101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11010101 01010100 110101001 10010101 11010101 11110110 011100111 11011101 01110101 10110101 11010101 11110111 110111010 1011111011 1111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, ye, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, come are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of St. James's Day;
- 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.
More information about poems by John Keble
- Analysis of St. Michael And All Angels
- Analysis of St. Mark's Day
- Analysis of Forms Of Prayer To Be Used At Sea
