This is an analysis of the poem Too Long In Happiness that begins with:
Did you expect to find me saddened?
Returning as a 'gift' to lift my spirits, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEDCE bXdXX efegdgd ahhdahXdfg ABCDEDCE XecccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,7,10,8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101110 01010101110 01010001 100111111110 111110101010 10101 11111 1011010010 11101001110 101110 1111101 1101111101 11110011010 111011010 111110100 001001011010 1111101011 1011110101 1101101 11010010111 1111001111 1101 11011 1010111 110101001111 1010100111101 11011 111110111 11011011100 11100001111 010101110 01010101110 01010001 100111111110 111110101010 10101 11111 1011010010 10111 11111 101 110110111101 001 110110100011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you are repeated.
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