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

I.
O mocking voice that dost forbid always...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddbbddeeffggggddaahihhbbjjffkk Xlblbl gdgdg mcmcm XjjkkgghimmaabmnnooooddccggffddppXg Xngngn fqfaf dgdgX acncnnfnf gagaajaj jfjfXlfX fifiiiii omommqma gkgkkdkdXadaddcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,6,5,5,35,6,5,5,9,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1101110111 0101111101 100010101001 1100101001 1001011101 111100001001 0100010101 1101010011 110110101 0101010011 10010010111 0101000100 0101011001 1101011111 1001010101 100100101 1011000101 1011011111 1101010001 0101010111 0100110101 1111010101 1111001101 0101010111 1001001111 1100000101 11110011011 1101010001 1111011001 11011001001 0111100101 0011011111 1101011111 01111001001 1 11010101 01110100 10101101 01111101 01010101 11111101 01110101 10110101 11010111 01010111 11011111 111001001 0100010 01110100 11111100 1 1100110011 1001110101 11001110101 1101110111 11011001001 1011000111 1100110101 1001010111 1111110100 1101011001 1111111111 1111001011 1101111101 1100110101 1101111111 0001101111 1101001101 1011010011 11001010111 0111100101 0101110101 0100110001 01110111001 1100111011 0111111111 0111111111 11110010101 0111110111 1111011101 1111111010 1001111111 1101011111 1100011000 0011101101 1 010010101 11010101 11011101 100100101 01011101 11011101 11010100 01010101 10010101 01011111 11111101 11110101 11111101 11010011 0111000 1 1110111 1010111 10100001 1010101 1110111 1010101 1010011 0010011 1010101 1111111 1011111 1110111 11100001 1110101 1010111 1110011 1110101 1111101 1011111 1011101 1010100 1001101 1110111 0110110 1110101 1010011 1110001 0010101 10001111 0010101 0011111 1010101 1010011 00111011 1010101 10011001 11011001 0010100 11101001 1011011 0011111 1001111 1011001 1010001 1001111 1011101 1010001 1010111 1110101 1010101 1010001 1000101 00001001 10100001 1010101 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 159
  • 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; of, that, and, not, i, to, love, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words out, and, why, with, that, not, in are repeated.

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

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