This is an analysis of the poem Bliss that begins with:
‘...Bliss is not something to be got.
On the other hand you are always Bliss....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110001 1010111111 00101101001010000 01001010000 0100111010 11111 11100001111011 00010 10111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bliss, of are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines incompleteness is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Bliss;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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