This is an analysis of the poem So Much Happiness that begins with:

It is difficult to know what to do with so much happiness.
With sadness there is something to rub against, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXacddeXabXcffbfXaeXbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010001101011100 01010100101 010101011 101100111110011 1001011110111 11001 010110101 0101101 1001101001110 11011010 1110101 10011111001011 111100100111 1011010 101101001 011111010100 01011110 11100111001 01101101 11011101 00111100 111111101101 00101111110100 1111010111110 1011010010110 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 211
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

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  • summary of So Much Happiness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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