This is an analysis of the poem More Than Just Refreshing that begins with:
So blessed am I to have achieved,
A peace of mind I have received....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABACC XXdece AABACC XcdaXda Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 01011101 1101000100 00110100 111101 00100101 11110101010 010110 1111100101 1011111001011 0010111011101 011011011001111 11110101 01011101 1101000100 00110100 111101 00100101 101010 011010110 010100 1010111 10111010 0111101011 001011001001 11111 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of More Than Just Refreshing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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