This is an analysis of the poem On Happienesse that begins with:
MAIE Selynesse on erthes boundes bee hadde?
Maie yt adyghte yn human shape bee founde?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11001101011 1110110111 11111101010 1110000111 10010100100110 1110010101 1010101011 1110110101 1110011110 0101010011 110111011 1001111111 01110111110 111110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of On Happienesse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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