This is an analysis of the poem Happiness Felt that begins with:
If I am seen on my knees with tears to weep,
Think not of it as my acceptance of failure....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111110101 110011010010 11010000101001 11110101101100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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