This is an analysis of the poem Introit : Viii. The Golden Joy that begins with:

What has the poet but a glorious phrase
And the heart's wisdom? -- Oh, a Joy of gold!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXadaefag ffXhbgibgigfhi hgjkgklcm hfeamanbogXhai cpefedfj eicodqgbfahceaXogfgggfimbia amXaammaagagag aiiqjbdc pgmreifoeqiqebhahnc bibggcflpidedgdapfbbrjcmm jqhfqebfagjaimfXiXbbemfhioffdeagfab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,9,14,8,27,14,8,19,25,35,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101001 1011010101 0101110101 1111010100 1011011011 1101011101 10010010111 1101000101 01001011101 0100010101 1001110111 0101010101 111100101010 1101010011 11010111 1101100101 11010100111 1011011011 01010010011 11010010101 11010010101 1111010101 1101110101 1001000101 10011110001 11010100101 0101010101 010101110001 1101001101 11110111010 1001100111 01010101110 0101011101 1111110100 1111101111 110010111001 0101011001110 1101010111 1101110101 1001011101 0101110101 11010101001 1101110101 0101101101 1100010001 11011101011 0101010101 1001011101 0100010001 0101110100 1101010111 1001010101 0111110101 0101010101 01001001001 11010001010 1101110001 1101101111 1001101101 0011000100 0101010111 0011001101 1101010101 01001010101 0011110101 1111110101 0111111101 0101110111 1111110100 1001011011 1001101101 1101110101 1101110101 1111010001 01001010111 1011010001 1101010101 1111111101 1001000101 1001011011 1101001011 01010101001 0101010011 0111011101 11010101001 1011011101 010101111 1111111111 1001010101 1100110101 0011011101 1111010101 1101011101 1101010101 11010011111 1100111101 1011110111 1101010101 111101101001 00011010011 11111100101 1011010101 0111010101 1001000111 1001010101 0110010100 1101111101 10011001001 11001010101 11010100110 1011010001 1111010101 1110110101 1111100101 0101110101 1001010111 10001100101 0101100101 1110011101 10001011101 11011011101 1101000101 1111100101 0101111101 1011010100 1111010011 1101110101 1111011101 111000100 1001011111 1101010100 1101010101 1110110101 1101010101 1001110101 1101010111 1111101111 1101111011 1101010111 11111011001 11011101001 1001001101 1101000111 1101110111 0100010101 11010001010 0111010001 1101010100 11010011111 0111010001 000011101001 1001110111 1101010101 11010101001 1101110111 0001010100 0100010011 1010110101 1101010011 1111100001 01110101001 001100111 0101010001 1101010101 11011100101 0111110100 1001000101 1001000101 0011000101 0100010001 0100010001 1111011111 11010010101 10101011100 1101000101 11010101011 100101111001 1001010001 1001010101 1001000111 11010100010 1101010101 110010011 1111011111 11010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 715
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 185
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, his, death, to, joy, dreams, that, boy, never, wept, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, who, and, of, thou, his, that, wept, now are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase song connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Introit : Viii. The Golden Joy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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