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

Captivation enchants.
It can disguise and hypnotize....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabccdefggachcgifXabXafggcgX X XX eX eed XiXX jg gXjecaX eXXhjX ciXX X ggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,1,2,2,3,4,2,7,6,4,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 01011101 110111 110001010 11001101 10011010 11011001 010100101 0011101010 111101 0101110 0101010 001001010 11111100 110001 010101111 1101010101 11 10010110 111111 111001100 100101011 011110 11101001 100010 1101110100 01101010 111000101 111011111 10 111111001011 1110101001 1111011 1 100011 11000010 1 110011101 111100011 010101010111 0111 110111101111 111001 010111 1101101 1011101 1111101 11011011 101001001 101011 11110101 100101101010 1110111 0110 01101000100011 10101110100 1100101110101 1110101 1 10000 10 10 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to, you, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines joy, it are repeated).

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