This is an analysis of the poem O, Can I Be Happy In Heaven? that begins with:
O, can I be happy in Heaven,
Though free from earth's trouble and care;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaBXcdc adadecec aBabacac adadefef agagcfcf hbhbababXafafabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010010 11011011 110010010 01111011 1110110110 01011011 111011010 11101101 111010010 101011001 1010111010 10010001101 1011010110 11011111 1010110110 11101001 111010010 01111011 110110010 001011001 011011010 011111011 00100100010 101001001 111010010 11111011 110011110 101111000 1111010010 111011001 010010010 01101001 111010010 101111011 0111011010 101101001 011110110 101101111 1110111110 11001001 100110010 11011001 1010011010 01101001 011010010 01101001 111010010 01111011 111010010 11001011 111011110 01101101 111010010 01011011 111101010 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words though, could, to are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word there at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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