This is an analysis of the poem The Cup Of Joy that begins with:

Let us mix a cup of Joy
That the wretched may employ,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb bbb ccc dXe bbb XXX fff Xgg dXd fff eee hhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1010101 1011111 1110111 0010101 1011111 1110111 1111111 1111111 1110001 0011100 0011111 1011101 0011111 1110101 1110101 0110101 1011101 10001100 0110100 1010111 1010110 1000101 1010111 11101100 1000111 1010111 1001111 1110100 1011111 1011101 1000101 1010001 1000101 1011101 1010101 10111110 01101110 1011000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Cup Of Joy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Madison Julius Cawein