This is an analysis of the poem Let Us Not Mind The Happiness... that begins with:

Let us not mind the happiness and the grief that come our way,
For they are inseparable from our life. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXA XXA XbXA XcXa dcA XdXA bca eecA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,3,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001011111 11101000011 1101011100011110 111101001011111 101011111011111000 1011100010011110 111101001011111 100101010100 111100101 101101111010000100110101 111101001011111 1001011110 1101110101 101011001010010100100 111101001011111 10011100110011100011 11011101011010 111101001011111 1001011011000 1110000101 1010110011001001 111101001011111 1010101111011100101 10110110110100001 111101001011111 11011001 1010100001011 101110101000100010100101001 111101001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, as, his, had, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Let Us Not Mind The Happiness...;
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  • history of its creation;
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