This is an analysis of the poem Bring Your Happiness Here that begins with:

When you think about what is right!
Does it keep you up through the night? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXX CCDACCEA abfghg aCCDACCEA CCECCaie CCECCJFH CCFAI CCFAI CCJFH CJFH CFAI XXFAI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,9,8,8,5,5,5,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 10111101 11101111 11010010 100 11 11 111 111111 11 11 1111111 1011101 1111111001 101111001 001 11010101101 1111001 1101111 1 11 11 111 111111 11 11 1111111 1011101 11 11 010101100 11 11 1101010101 1 011001 11 11 010101100 11 11 0111100 11 1111 11 11 11 11 1111001 11 11 11 11 1111001 11 11 0111100 11 1111 11 0111100 11 1111 11 11 11 1111001 11101010 11 11 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, oh, babe are repeated.

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

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

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

    The poet repeated the same words here, live at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Bring Your Happiness Here;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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