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

It's good the great green earth to roam,
Where sights of awe the soul inspire;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcd cecebdbd fgfghdhd icicjdjd kekejdjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00011101 11010101 11010101 010011110 111000101 11010001 11110111 01110101 01110001 11110101 11010101 01011111 110101010 01110111 110101110 11110101 11110001 01001101 11010111 11011101 11110111 11011101 11010111 11010101 10110101 01010101 01011101 11011101 11001111 10110101 11110111 11110101 11011101 01010111 01010001 01010101 01010101 01011111 11111101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, of, i, little are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you've, where, o, a are repeated.

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

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

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