This is an analysis of the poem The Land Of Happy that begins with:

Have you been to the land of happy,
Where everyone's happy all day, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001010 11011011 111111 001001 11011011 111010010 1101101 110001010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, there's are repeated.

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  • summary of The Land Of Happy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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