This is an analysis of the poem So Happy I Am 'You' Said That that begins with:

I am not one to pass judgement, normally!
And those who do pass it with wild abandonment, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXd XaXcdbaaa bXcbX eX eX dXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,5,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110100 111110010100 001010100101 00101010010000 110110011010 010010100 1010101001101001 011111001000 1101011011 1110 100010001010 1 1001010010100 001010 01100100 11111001 11101100100 101000100 1110000111 11101001 10110010100 1010 1 10110010 1000101010100 10100100 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of So Happy I Am 'You' Said That;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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